Ogilby's Road from London to Marlborough Printed Area Measurement_36.5 x 43 cm and then by the Homann

and then by the Homann Heirs (his friend Johann Michael Franz and his stepsister's husband Johann Georg Ebersberger)

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

1688 and 1684

[and 8 others in London]

titles printed in red and black

Ogilby's Road from London to Marlborough Printed Area Measurement_36.5 x 43 cm and then by the HomannOur 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