‘Mapping London’ exhibition - part of the Totally Thames Festival, The Oxo Tower, London, Britain - 03 Sept 2014
Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg: Londinium Feracissmi Angliae Regni Metropolis - Published in Braun & Hogenberg’s book Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572, London is depicted in bird’s-eye view from the south looking north. Above the plan is the title in Latin flanked by the royal and the City of London’s arms. ‘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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