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London Traveler Maps
(England, 1908)
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Background:

These maps are from a 1908 traveler's handbook to London and surrounding areas.   Included are maps portraying the railway lines servicing London, street maps for some of the more popular areas, and schematics for tourist attractions.  The maps are notable for presenting their detail in such a compact format.

 
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Type of print: Original lithographs
Year: 1908

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London (No. 40110001)
Railway Plan of London
and Its Suburbs  **
SOLD
London (No. 40110002)
The West End -
Baker Street to Soho
SOLD
London (No. 40110003)
Holborn, Fleet Street, Strand
$40
London (No. 40110004)
The City from St. Paul's
to The Tower
$40
London (No. 40110005)
The West End - Hyde Park,
Belgravia, The Thames
SOLD
London (No. 40110006)
St. Paul's Cathedral
$25
London (No. 40110007)
The Tower
$25
London (No. 40110008)
The National Gallery
$15
London (No. 40110009)
National Portrait Gallery
$15
London (No. 40110010)
Natural History Museum
$15
London (No. 40110011)
Victoria and Albert Museum
$15
London (No. 40110013)
Parliament and
Westminster Hall
$25
London (No. 40110014)
Westminster Abbey
$25
London (No. 40110015)
Zoological Gardens
$25
London (No. 40110016)
British Museum -
Ground Floor
$20
London (No. 40110017)
British Museum -
First Floor
$20
London (No. 40110018)
Richmond, Kingston and
Surrounding Areas
$30
London (No. 40110019)
Hampton Court Palace
$15
London (No. 40110020)
Royal Botanic Gardens -
Kew
$25
London (No. 40110021)
Windsor Castle
$25
** About the London Railway Plan

Today's traveler to London is very familiar with the Underground Diagram (see map at right).  This Diagram debuted in the 1930s and was based on a design by Harry Beck, a junior draftsman working for the Underground.  Beck was looking for a different approach to mapping the railways using an easy-to-follow diagrammatic method based on straight lines.  The Diagram was an immediate hit with the riding public, and as they say, "the rest was history".

The Railway Plan dating to 1908 presented here was the predecessor to Beck's Diagram.  It presents the routes for both the Underground and commuter rail lines servicing the areas surrounding London.

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