An Original Vintage Map of London
Titled
HENDON AND CHILD'S HILL
Covering areas including
WEMBLEY, WILLESDEN, CRICKLEWOOD, HAMPSTEAD,HENDON & GOLDERS GREEN
Published by The Geographical Institute, Edinburgh 1921 by John Bartholomew & Son
for
" Bartholomew's Handy Reference Atlas of London and Suburbs"
4th Edition
A highly
detailed, large scale, (divided into half mile squares ) colour printed map of this
part of London.
The exceptional detail includes railway
stations such as Wembley Hill ( now know as Wembley Complex), Willesden Green, West Hampsted & Finchley Road. Green spaces such as Hampstead Heath, and Gladstone Park and what was the London Aerodrome at Hendon .Virtually every street is
also clearly named .
The map was printed in two separate halves which have been conjoined using archival tape ( neutral pH) on the reverse side. Due to inconsistencies of the printing process there may be some slight mis-register along the join. There are unrelated maps printed on the back .
Fine,
virtually unmarked condition .
Please view further close up
images.
Measuring approx. 11 " x 9" (280mm x 230mm) overall.
A collectible item eminently suitable for framing.
FX D 9 20
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John George Bartholomew (22 March 1860 ? 14 April 1920) was a British Cartographer and Geographer. As a holder of a Royal Warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King"; for this reason he was sometimes known by the epithet "the Prince of Cartography".
It was he who introduced the use of coloured contour layer maps; he also
anticipated the needs of late nineteenth and early 20-century
travellers by publishing street maps of major cities, cycling maps,
railway timetable maps, and road maps for automobiles.
The first edition of this atlas was published in 1908 .
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