London : a history in maps / by Peter Barber ; with notes on the engravers by Laurence Worms ; edited by Roger Cline and Ann Saunders.

Main entry:

Barber, Peter.

Title & Author:

London : a history in maps / by Peter Barber ; with notes on the engravers by Laurence Worms ; edited by Roger Cline and Ann Saunders.

Publication:

London : The London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012.

Description:

viii, 380 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 x 32 cm

Series:

London Topographical Society publication ; no. 173

Notes:
Based on an exhibition at the British Library in 2006-2007.
Includes bibliographical references (page 374) and indexes.
The walled city 50-1066 -- London reborn -- 'Sweet, salutarie air' : London's countryside -- Out of sight : the east end and docklands -- The age of improvement -- The mean streets of Victorian London -- Metroland -- Maps in modern London.

Summary:

Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great, semi-official but sanitised images of the whole city, there are the more utilitarian maps and plans of the parts - actual and envisaged - which perhaps present a more truthful picture. But the maps and panoramas are far more than topographical records. They all have something unique to say about them concerns, assumptions, ambitions and prejudices of Londoners at the time when they were created. The book reveals the 'inside story' behind one of the world's greatest cities.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780902087606 (LTS)
0902087606 (LTS)
9780712358798 (BL)
071235879X (BL)

Subject:

Cartography History.
Cartographie Histoire.
Cartography.
Historical geography.
Stadtplan
Vedute
Historisk geografi.
Historiska kartor.
London (England) History Maps.
London (England) Historical geography Maps.
England London Dalston.
England London.
England, London Maps.
England, London Historical geography.
London

Form/genre:

History.
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Worms, Laurence.
Cline, Roger.
Saunders, Ann, 1930-2019.
Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 173.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 279762
Call No.: BIB 215984
Status: Available

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