Copperplate map of London
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copperplate-map-of-london-263-5844306
title:
Copperplate map of London
text:
The "Copperplate" map of London is an early large-scale printed map of the City of London and its immediate environs, surveyed between 1553 and 1559, which survives only in part. It is the earliest true map of London. The original map was probably designed for hanging on a wall, and is believed to have measured approximately 3 feet 8 inches (112 cm) high by 7 feet 5 inches (226 cm) wide. No copies of the printed map itself are known to have survived; but between 1962 and 1997 three of the origin
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Map of the City of London created in 1550s
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperplate_map_of_London
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date modified:
2024-01-23T07:30:29Z
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