Blome’s Ward Plan of Rotherhithe Printed Area Measurement_101 x 63 cm Ortschaftsverzeichnis: booklet

Ortschaftsverzeichnis: booklet

the vast body of water which Speke named Lake Victoria is not marked at all

but establishing which ones presents a challenge

The family fortunes had suffered during the turbulent decades of the Civil Wars and those of the 7th Earl would fare little better (he had a knack of backing the wrong horse

Blome’s Ward Plan of Rotherhithe Printed Area Measurement_101 x 63 cm Ortschaftsverzeichnis: bookletJohn Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster was originally published in 1598 and 1603, but revised and expanded works under his name appeared over the following two centuries. This detailed ward plan of Rotherhithe was commissioned towards the end of his life by Richard Blome (1635 1705) for a proposed Survey or description of the citties of London and Westm[inste]. r (entered in the Registers of the Stationers' Company in 1695) which