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The LONDON DIRECTORY, or a New & Improved PLAN of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK; with the adjacent Country

The LONDON DIRECTORY, or a New & Improved PLAN of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK; with the adjacent Country

Publisher: Laurie, Robert, and Whittle, James

Medium: Engraving

Date: 1776

Shelfmark: Maps.Crace IV

Item number: 147

Length: 279

Width: 495

Scale: Millimetres

Genre: Map

Map scale ratio: 4'' : 1 Stat. Mile (1 : 15840)

Map scale description: 4'' : 1 Stat. Mile.

The title of this folding map appears along the top. The plan shows Blackfriars Bridge, which was under construction between 1760 and 1769. There is uncertainty about the date of this map. It is very similar to the 1765 map by Robert Sayer and was probably produced from the same plate. Laurie & Whittle took over Sayer's stock in 1792, making an earlier publication date very unlikely.

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