The fascinating map was created by 18th century cartographer John Rocque, and at the time was the most detailed map of London ever made, as well as being the first large-scale map of the city to ...

“There is no large-scale, accurate map of London before the Fire – until you go back to our map of London c. 1520. In the interim, however, London’s population had increased eightfold, ...

Before the 18th century, maps appeared as separate sheets or were bound in large volumes as atlases. But towards the end of the century they were mounted on linen and folded and eventually became ...

A REMARKABLE early 19th century map of London has emerged for sale revealing how the city has dramatically changed over the past two centuries. The detailed 1830 map produced by celebrated cartogra… ...

This stunning map of London is made up of the names of characters from novels, plotted on to the areas of the city they're most associated with. It was created by Dex, a London-based artist and ...

The images above are details from a new map of London drawn by Fuller (aka Gareth Wood), a British map artist. The goal, Wood says, was to capture his relationship with the city over the past 10 ...

This is the Londonist’s Tube Map of Lost London, and it will take you on a journey through the forgotten history of England’s capital. Many of the locations disappeared long before the London ...

This historic map shows London in the 18th century. ... Second, a large proportion of the British population lived there; it was rapidly becoming the largest city in the world.

Atlas of Imagined Cities takes 14 world cities, including London, and plots the homes of hundreds of fictional characters — from Del Boy and Rodney to Count Dracula to Mrs Dalloway. The maps ...