Old Colour Map of West London, 1891- Fulham, Brompton, Battersea, Hammersmith - SW6, SW10, SW15, SW18, SW10, SW11, SW5, W6 W14 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) Back in the 1600s maps

Back in the 1600s maps often had Latin names

Many indigenous groups are labelled in italics

This strikingly beautiful and interesting birds eye map shows the "Boomtown" city of San Francisco in 1868 after it had undergone massive expansion after the Gold Rush earlier in the 1800s

Westminster had only expanded to Parliament in the south to Hyde Park in the west

Old Colour Map of West London, 1891- Fulham, Brompton, Battersea, Hammersmith - SW6, SW10, SW15, SW18, SW10, SW11, SW5, W6 W14 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) Back in the 1600s mapsOriginally hailed as "the most perfect map of London that has ever been issued" by the Royal Geographical Society when it was published in 1862, it's safe to say that Edward's Stanford's library map of London was a masterpiece of cartography. This here is a beautifully handcoloured map from the 1891 edition of Stanford's map. The map was originally published in 24 sheets. Altogether the map would've measured about 2 metres wide (78 inches). This here