Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet F2 - Tower of London, Shad Thames, St Katherine's, Bermondsey tropical coast detail The map’s intricate details showcase

The map’s intricate details showcase the city’s landscapes

capturing buildings that residents of the day would have passed every week

By uniting ornamental border elements with functional precision

the relentless spirit of early explorers

Houston locals

Old Map of London in 1746 by John Rocque, Sheet F2 - Tower of London, Shad Thames, St Katherine's, Bermondsey tropical coast detail The map’s intricate details showcaseWhere the Thames narrows past the Tower of London, John Rocque's 1746 survey turns to record one of the busiest working stretches of river in England. This sheet, F2 in the surveyor's twenty four part plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, sits in the second row of the grid, east of the City walls, and shows the Tower itself standing guard over the river on the north bank while the south bank fills with wharves, warehouses and narrow lanes. Rocque