The Pictorial Plan of London.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
1901 (undated) Description 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...
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