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A plan of the city of London, after the Great Fire in the year of our Lord 1666

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Printed map. "Shewing the situation of the great streets, St. Pauls Cathedral, the Exchange, Guildhall, the Custom House, & other public offices." Visual scale [79 mm=880 yards or 1/2 mile]. Watermark with "1808" in the left margin. Probably from: London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood... by David Hughson, volume 1 (plate following p. 244), London: Printed by W. Stratford ... for J. Stratford, edition uncertain. McMaster has a 1748 version of this map; see RMC_107677. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.

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Title
A plan of the city of London, after the Great Fire in the year of our Lord 1666: according to the design & proposal of Sir Christopher Wren, Kt. for rebuilding it
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Subject
Description
Printed map. "Shewing the situation of the great streets, St. Pauls Cathedral, the Exchange, Guildhall, the Custom House, & other public offices." Visual scale [79 mm=880 yards or 1/2 mile]. Watermark with "1808" in the left margin. Probably from: London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood... by David Hughson, volume 1 (plate following p. 244), London: Printed by W. Stratford ... for J. Stratford, edition uncertain. McMaster has a 1748 version of this map; see RMC_107677. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.
Publisher
Contributor
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723
Date
1808
Type
Format
map, [1:10,200 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:31437, local: RMC_107693
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
London (England), Europe--Great Britain--England--London
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