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Rocque’s Map of Georgian London, 1746
Mapping London has always been most interested in modern maps of London, however we are happy to make the occasional exception, and so when this reproduction of a map that was over 250 years old...
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Victorian London in Incredible Detail
[Update – Links fixed to repoint to the correct version of the high resolution maps.] Here’s a real treat. The National Library of Scotland’s Map Department, supported by David Rumsey, have taken some...
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City of Westminster – A Hand-Drawn Map Print
City of Westminster is the first in a series of hand-made maps of London Boroughs that Lovely Jojo has drawn. The black-and-white, text-heavy style, full of commentary as well as placenames, reminded...
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The Rivers of London
This is a new work by Stephen Walter, in his characteristic hand-annotated, monochromatic style. It features London’s watery features, in particular the many waterways. The iconic River Thames (which...
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Fuller’s London Town
Artist Gareth J Wood, aka Fuller, unveiled this striking black-and-white map-based artwork over London, yesterday. The work was started way back in 2005, and after a four-year pause, Fuller came back...
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The Woodcut Map
We normally feature “modern” maps on Mapping London, however this map despite being also known as the Map of Early Modern London, is certainly not new. It was first printed from wood blocks in 1561,...
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Citee Map Shirt
Citee has been producing technical T-shirts featuring maps of various cities around the world, including London, for the last year. They are currently crowdfunding for a new black version of the...
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London Mapped Jigsaw Puzzle
Mapping London has long enjoyed Stephen Walter’s fabulously detailed, painstakingly created pencil-sketch maps of London, and now one of his most famous works, The Island, has been made into a jigsaw...
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