Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
"A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster": 1775
John Rocque

Europe Rules the World cartouche

Detail of John Rocque's A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster (above) shows "an idealized view of London which emphasizes the gracious rurality of the main squares but failes to convey urban squalor." See "The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography", by J. B. Harley, The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2002, p. 69

Back

© Copyright 2006 - 2018    The Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg Trust     Website Terms of Use