14th Century London Map
In the early 14th century pietro vesconte used portolan charts as the basis for a map of italy.
14th century london map. On the left the tower st. The wall with its gates is visible in the foreground. Spooky beautiful 1930s photos of london streets at night. 1560 wikimedia cc by around 1300 london had become one of the largest cities in europe.
Saved by jeri westerson. From a facsimile published by harry margary in association with the guildhall library in 1977. Its population is estimated to have been around 80 000. This is the first known view of london a section from a road map from london to rome drawn by the monk matthew paris in about 1252.
This map shows the 142 murders that were committed in london from. The view shows three recognisable monuments. With his collaborator john morrison harold. Again in the 12th century one of the earliest manuscripts of lambert of saint omer s encyclopaedia contains not only the usual circular world map.
Survey of the city of london and the surrounding built up area including westminster and part of southwark on a scale of 300 feet to the inch completed in 1682 by william morgan. If you think london s crime rate is cause for concern today imagine what it was like in the 14th century. City of london london night old london london street london house dark photography night photography black and white photography street photography. Much earlier a few similarly ingenious persons elaborated some part of a world map to serve as a map of a single region.
Pages in category 14th century lord mayors of london the following 16 pages are in this category out of 16 total. People also love these ideas. London map old london reading projects commonplace book medieval life girls series london bridge 14th century historian. Originally published by s n s l 1682.
This list may not reflect recent changes. Map of london by braun hogenberg c. Back in the late middle ages the city s murder rate was 15 to 20 times what it is. Interactive map reveals the horror and the patterns of murder in 14th century london.
In a city of 80 000 the medieval london murder rate would be 15 to 20 times higher than an english. Paul s in the centre and to the right westminster abbey. Relive medieval london s bloody murders with this new interactive death map the macabre tool features tales of revenge thwarted love infanticide and a urinal that drove a man to murder. Map of 14th century london.