Without an A-Z guide most people (even locals) can get lost in London. This
book will enable its purchasers to explore every nook and cranny of the heart of
London as it was over three hundred years ago.
The atlas section of this volume consists of the 20 map sheets from John
Ogilby and William Morgan's large-scale Survey of the City of London. It was
first published in 1676, 10 years after the Great Fire and shows the City as
newly rebuilt. In 1675 Ogilby had published the first volume of 'Britannia', an
atlas of strip road maps. It was intended that volumes of county maps and town
plans should follow. The survey of the City of London, encouraged by King
Charles II and financially backed by the Corporations of London, would be 'the
Glory and Masterpiece of the whole Undertaking'. The mapmakers' ambitious aim
was to show every individual building.
The index section in the present volume, which includes almost 2000 items, is
based on Ogilby and Morgan's 'Explanation 1677' but it has been considerably
improved. It will enable users to find any street of the time, and the majority
of lanes, courts, alleys, yards, passages, and quays, as well as many important
public buildings.
Contents:
Ogilby and Morgan's City of London Map, 1676
Acknowledgements and Publisher's Note
Further Reading
Key Map
Atlas
Place Name Index
Symbol Index
