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1901 (undated)
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A striking chromolithograph Edwardian Era pictorial plan of London issued in 1901 by Charles Baker and Co. Ltd. Centered on Charing Cross, the map covers from Albert Bridge and Kensington Palace to the London Docks and Southwark Park. It extends south to the Grand Surrey Canal and north to include all of Regents Park and Kings Cross Station. The cartographer combines pictorial elements with axonometrical style mapping in which important buildings are represent from equidistant elevated perspective - similar to the great 1738 Bretez/Turgot Plan of Paris, if not on so grand a scale.
A Clothing EmpireThis map was an advertising piece designed to promote Charles Baker and Co. Ltd. (1865 - 1939), prominent gentleman clothiers active in London from the mid 18th to the to the mid 20th century. They specialized in elite schoolboy clothing as well as uniforms and formalwear - including custom work. The map was sold in Chas. Baker stores as well as i
Trip to remotest part of Scotland filmed by Perth-based explorer to be shown on winter special of The Adventure Show
A dark and icy Scottish mountainside On the Edge of Nowhere was the lonely destination for a short film that is to be broadcast by the BBC this week.
Scotland s most remote location, the flanks of Loch Beinn Dearg in the heart of the Fisherfield Forest, between Loch Maree and Dundonnell (Image: James Cave)
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