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A New Map of London Peculiars
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Oct27

A New Map of London ...

posted by Ollie

We were delighted to receive a copy of this rather brilliant new map from artist Julia Forte. It highlights the sort of things in the centre of London that you wouldn’t necessarily find in a standard guide book, but might well hear about in a pub quiz. In fact the descriptions of each...

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Planning London: Maps from King’s Court Galleries
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  • Visualisation
Oct18

Planning London: Map...

posted by James

There is a shop in London that I always peer into when I walk past but have always resisted going in as it presented a real risk of bankruptcy. With a couple of hours (the minimum required I thought) to spare last weekend I thought it was finally time to go and look around the cartophiles...

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The Times Atlas of London
  • Visualisation
Oct17

The Times Atlas of L...

posted by James

A few months back I had the honour of being asked to approve the use of a couple of excerpts from my London Surname Map in The Times Atlas of London. The wait was finally over last week when I received my copy in the post. It is a great book and an essential guide to the city. The Atlas...

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Whitehall – a Soviet Military View
  • Historic
Oct13

Whitehall – a ...

posted by Ollie

As a followup to yesterday’s article on the Soviet Cold War maps of London, above is an extract sent from the Landmark Information Group, which has acquired a large number of the maps. The extract is of a particularly interesting area in the very centre of London – Whitehall...

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Soviet Military Maps of London
  • Historic
Oct12

Soviet Military Maps...

posted by Ollie

Yes the U.S.S.R. had its own maps of London, and other British cities, produced during Cold War era, i.e. the 1950s-1980s, to be perhaps used either for identifying targets to attack for a future UK invasion, or for logistics and management of the realm immediately after a successful...

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