Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet F2 - Tower of London, Shad Thames, St Katherine's, Bermondsey tropical coast detail each color-coded line tells a

each color-coded line tells a story of how neighborhoods grew around these crucial veins of concrete and steel

making it an exceptional piece of zoological illustration

Perfect for lovers of astronomy

the relentless spirit of early explorers

By uniting ornamental border elements with functional precision

Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet F2 - Tower of London, Shad Thames, St Katherine's, Bermondsey tropical coast detail each color-coded line tells aWhere the Thames narrows past the Tower of London, John Rocque's 1746 survey turns to record one of the busiest working stretches of river in England. This sheet, F2 in the surveyor's twenty four part plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, sits in the second row of the grid, east of the City walls, and shows the Tower itself standing guard over the river on the north bank while the south bank fills with wharves, warehouses and narrow lanes. Rocque