Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet C1 - Holborn, Russell & Bloomsbury Square, Lincoln's and Gray's Inn, Camden vintage wilderness print traditional Spanish dancers

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one of Britain's most celebrated cartographers

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while winding lanes and timber-framed buildings evoke centuries of cultural evolution

Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet C1 - Holborn, Russell & Bloomsbury Square, Lincoln's and Gray's Inn, Camden vintage wilderness print traditional Spanish dancersThis sheet is part of what is widely regarded as the greatest large scale map of London ever produced: the twenty four sheet survey put together by surveyor and cartographer John Rocque and engraved by John Pine, published in 1746. Rocque spent years surveying London street by street to achieve a level of accuracy and detail that had never been attempted before, covering the city from the fields of the outer parishes right into the heart of