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Map of the area around Smithfields, Ludgate, Aldersgate from a close study of the ruins...

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Image title: Map of the area around Smithfields, Ludgate, Aldersgate from a close study of the ruins of the city of London after the Great Fire of London, in 1666.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: A map or groundplot of the citty of London and the suburbes thereof that is to say all which is within the iurisdiction of the Lord Mayor or properlie calld't Londo: by which is exactly demonstrated the present condition thereof since the last sad accident of fire. The blanke space signifeing the burnt part & where the houses are exprest, those places yet standig / W. Hollar fecit, 1666. Author: Hollar, Wenceslaus / Illustrator: Leake, John [London]: sould by Iohn Overton at the White horse, in little Brittaine, next doore to little S. Bartholomew gate, 1666. Source/Shelfmark: Maps Crace Port.2.54 (Detail) 1 map; 21 x 35 cm; Scale not given.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: birthday / United Kingdom / Europe / Great Fire of London (1666) / 17th century / London / England / cartography / man-made disaster / city / disaster / event / events / anniversaries 2016 / anniversary 2016 / england / western europe / man-made disasters / map / 17th century / disasters / london / british isles / style and period / anniversaries / europe

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