Ogilby's Road from London to Marlborough Printed Area Measurement_36.5 x 43 cm 1688 and 1684

1688 and 1684

[and 8 others in London]

This map of northern England is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

and a detailed explanation beneath the map clears up the finer points

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Ogilby's Road from London to Marlborough Printed Area Measurement_36.5 x 43 cm 1688 and 1684Our journey begins in London and follows the road west through Knightsbridge and Kensington (with Hyde Park to one side), Hammersmith and Turnham Green, and via Reading and Newbury extends as far as Marlborough in Wiltshire. Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for the project, smaller towns appeared in detail for the first time, and it was largely thanks to John Ogilbys influence that the Statute Mile was set at 1760 yards. Ogilby devised the