Stanford's Library Map of London, Northeastern Sheet Mapmaker(s)_John Ainslie printed in colours on rayon

printed in colours on rayon

a few early marginalia

from time to rolling stock) across the network

Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is generally considered the first modern atlas of the world

The early railways are prominent (coloured red) on these maps

Stanford's Library Map of London, Northeastern Sheet Mapmaker(s)_John Ainslie printed in colours on rayonThis is the North Eastern sheet of Stanfords Library Map, extending as far east as Straford and West Ham; further sheets were available to extend coverage as far as Greenwich. Our example is probably a variant of Hydes 10th state of the map: Liverpool Street station is shown (opened 1874) but the publishers address has not been updated. Stanford's Library Map has been described by bibliographer Ralph Hyde as unquestionably the most detailed and useful