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| Keywords: 1899 Bartholomew Fire Brigade Map of London, England - Geographicus - London-bartholomew-1899.jpg LargeImage An enormously proportioned and extremely unusual map of London England prepared by John Bartholomew Covers the entire city of London from Kenton in the northwest to Richmond Park in the southwest to Hospital Hill in the northeast and Longlands in the southeast Offers extraordinary detail freely labeling individual buildings streets and waterways throughout London Prepared as a London Fire Brigade Instructional Map with the area of London patrolled by the fire brigades outlined in red Probably not originally a fire brigade map but adopted by the fire brigade commanders from Bartholomew ™s Plan of London the best available at the time Undated but fits with the style and layout of the late 19th century A rare and magnificent piece of London history circa 1899 undated Size in 60 45 object history credit line accession number London-bartholomew-1899 Independent Issue Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of London 1899 maps London in the 1890s | ||||
