‘Mapping London’ exhibition - part of the Totally Thames Festival, The Oxo Tower, London, Britain - 03 Sept 2014
John Rocque: An Exact Survey of the Citys of London, Westminster, ye Borough of Southwark, and the Country near Ten Miles round, 1746 - One of the finest maps of Greater London. Rocque, a French Huguenot, moved with his family to London in the 1730s, where he began to ply his trade as a surveyor of gentleman’s estates. ‘Mapping London’ exhibition as part of the Totally Thames Festival - It is the work of Daniel Crouch Rare Books and includes London maps spanning over 500 years. It includes the earliest map of London ever printed from the 16th century, right up to maps from the present day, such as Stephen Walter’s 2012 creation ‘Subterranea’, showing the sewers, tubes, underground rivers and burial grounds that lie under the city.
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