Mapping Shakespeare by Jeremy Black

Author:Jeremy Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781844865161
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

The ‘Copperplate’ map of London is an early large-scale printed map of the City of London and its immediate environs, surveyed between 1553 and 1559, which survives only in part. It is the earliest true map of London, as opposed to panoramic views, such as those of Anton van den Wyngaerde. The original map was probably designed for hanging on a wall, and is believed to have measured approximately 3ft 8in (112cm) high by 7ft 5in (226cm) wide. No copies of the printed map itself are known to have survived, but between 1962 and 1997 three of the original engraved copper printing plates, from a probable total of 15, were identified. These three cover the greater part of the built-up heart of the City of London.

The map takes the form of a ‘bird’s-flight view’: the street layout and other ground features are shown in plan, as if viewed directly from above, while buildings, people and other standing features are shown as if viewed from a great height to the south of the City, but without the foreshortening of more distant features that would be necessary for a true perspective view.

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