Old Map of London, 1746 by John Rocque, C3 - Lambeth, Vauxhall, Westminster, Parliament, Millbank, Kennington, Marshes large map was put together in 1791

was put together in 1791

The conical projection is very unusual

but south of the river in Southwark

They weren't called the Channel Islands back in the 1600s

Connacht contained County Galway

Old Map of London, 1746 by John Rocque, C3 - Lambeth, Vauxhall, Westminster, Parliament, Millbank, Kennington, Marshes large map was put together in 1791This is the greatest old map of London ever created. Put together by surveyor and cartographer John Rocque and engraver John Pine in 1746, this map has an incredible level of detail. The cities of London and Westminster are already quite developed, but south of the river in Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham it's still mostly fields. This map was originally published in 24 sheets. The map shown here is sheet C3, focusing on the stretch of Thames between