Barber, Peter.

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

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

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

London Topographical Society publication ; no. 173

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.

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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

History.
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.

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

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 279762
Cote: BIB 215984
Statut: Disponible