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Title: Maps of London
Post by: Troy_Costisick on February 27, 2006, 02:08:01 PM
Heya,

Does anyone know where I could find a map of London in the mid 1800's online?  Especially one that's copyright free? :)

Peace,

-Troy
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: Iskander on February 27, 2006, 02:24:47 PM
There's some stuff up at Dickens' London page (http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/dickens_london.html) and lots on this page of maps (http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/maps.htm). FWIW when googling, UK historians and archivists are most likely to refer to maps from the 1800s as '19th century', or '19C'.
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: contracycle on February 27, 2006, 03:16:30 PM
http://www.victorianlondon.org/frame-maps.htm
Includes Charles Booth's famous poverty map.

http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/home.html
Greenwoods map from 1827

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html
Slightly later




Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: Josh Roby on February 27, 2006, 11:24:04 PM
victorianweb.org and victorianresearch.org are both good sites.

Whatcha using them for, Troy?
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: Troy_Costisick on February 27, 2006, 11:47:25 PM
Heya,

QuoteWhatcha using them for, Troy?

Seeeeecret for now ;)  But thanks guys, this will help out a bunch.  'Preciate it!

Peace,

-Troy
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: Jason Morningstar on February 28, 2006, 01:04:49 PM
Hey Troy,

The Bolles collection atlas at the Perseus Project is awesome:

http://nils.lib.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/city-view.pl

Also some nice feature maps at PCL:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_europe.html#L
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: Thor on March 04, 2006, 02:57:27 AM
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/index.html

an excellent resource for historical maps.
Title: Re: Maps of London
Post by: micah on August 01, 2006, 01:31:23 AM
Hey- I may not be able to help much with the maps of london (at least further than the sites already given which I am familiar with already) however, I am a big fan of the 1800's and 1700's and may be able to assist you in your project. That is a truly fascinating time for history, and besides which, the dress sense was pretty cool too!! :) email me if you like at micahsicotte@yahoo.ca and we can discuss further.

best
micah
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