Old Colour Map of South East London, 1891 - Norwood, Crystal Palace, Penge, Sydenham - SE27, SE19, SE20, SE26 wiltshire Originally the map would've had

Originally the map would've had a nail driven through the North Pole and rotated

this is the first ever printed map of England and Wales published by Christopher Saxton

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The land was split into strips and then sold to shareholders - and then the shareholders were divided into 'tribes'

and in many cases a small portrait of what those tribes look like

Old Colour Map of South East London, 1891 - Norwood, Crystal Palace, Penge, Sydenham - SE27, SE19, SE20, SE26 wiltshire Originally the map would've hadOriginally hailed as "the most perfect map of London that has ever been issued" by the Royal Geographical Society when it was published in 1862, it's safe to say that Edward's Stanford's library map of London was a masterpiece of cartography. This here is a beautifully handcoloured map from the 1891 edition of Stanford's map. The map was originally published in 24 sheets. Altogether the map would've measured about 2 metres wide (78 inches). This here