John Ogilby in addition to William Morgan's 1677 map of London is believed to endure the offset map to present every edifice inwards London inwards invention (rather than through an oblique bird's midpoint pictorial view). The map was created inwards the decade after the Great Fire of London inwards 1666. The map was originally intended to aid inwards the planning out of province inwards the City after the Fire.
The screenshot of the map higher upwards shows the invention of the novel St. Paul's Cathedral. The former cathedral had been destroyed inwards the Great Fire of London. Work on the novel cathedral had begun inwards the 1670's (when this map was surveyed) only was non completed until 1711. Ogilby & Morgan's map so presumably uses Sir Christopher Wren's plans to present where the completed cathedral would before long stand.
The British Library Georeferencer has an interactive version of the map. On the Georeferencer the Ogilby & Morgan map has been overlaid on move on of Google Maps. British History Online likewise has an interactive Leaflet version of the map.
Horwood's Plan
Horwood's Plan (produced betwixt 1792 in addition to 1799) was the adjacent map to endeavour to present every edifice inwards London. Horwood had originally planned to include every identify issue on the map, only this was never completed. The finished map did present every edifice only the numbering of the buildings was never completed.
Romantic London has created an interactive version of Horwood's Plan. Romantic London's interactive map of Horwoord's Plan includes William Faden's after 1819 revised edition of Horwood's map. You tin larn to a greater extent than most Horwood's Plan on Romantic London's Introducing Horwood's Plan.
Charles Booth's Maps Descriptive of London Poverty
In the final ii decades of the 19th century the English linguistic communication philanthropist Charles Booth systematically plotted the levels of poverty in addition to wealth inwards every street inwards London. He published the results of his inquiry inwards 'Life in addition to Labour of the People inwards London'.
The publication included detailed 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty' inwards which the levels of poverty in addition to wealth inwards London were mapped out street past times street. 450 notebooks were likewise completed during the study, inwards which his researchers wrote detailed descriptions of London's streets in addition to their inhabitants.
On Booth's maps private buildings inwards each street are colored to dot the occupants' social class. You tin explore Booth's maps in addition to notebooks of 19th Century London on the LSE's Charles Booth's London website. The maps in addition to notebooks render an amazing resources into the graphic symbol in addition to people inwards each London edifice inwards the 19th Century.
