Excerpt from A Catalogue of Maps, Plans, and Views of London: Westminster Southwark Thus in Braun's Map of 1572 (No. 13), republished in Belleforest's "Cosmography," London is described as "Ennoblie pour le commerce de plusieurs Nations, bien peuplee de Maisons, ornee de Temples, magnifique en Palais, illustree pour les bons esprits y nouris." In the "Plan de la Ville de Londres" (No. 77), published 1700, it is stated, "Etat present de Londres, 115,884 families, 1,200,000 ames;" and it adds that the yearly consumption of beer is 1,500,000 barrels, of oxen 67,000, of sheep 675,000. In the Map No. 84, published 1724, the Customs Duties of London are estimated at 300,000 l. per annum; and it states that 800 hackney coaches are allowed to ply, giving the rates for hire of them. Some of the Maps give views of the principal buildings; Ogilby's large Map (No. 58), which is 7 feet 7 inches long and 5 feet high, "London surveyed by Wm. Morgan" published 1677, gives a series of illustrations of great interest, especially one of Whitehall Palace, and at the bottom of the sheet is a "Prospect of London and Westminster." Various Plans also represent important properties, such as the Greye Friars, St. Bartholomew's Priory and Hospital, Gresham College, the Bank, the Goring Estate where Buckingham Palace stands, Tart Hall, the Manor of Eburie, the Grosvenor Estates, the Bailiwick of St. James's, and the Pest-house Craven Hill Estate: the production of this last plan by my father in the Court of Chancery, in 1858, is believed to have decided the question of the ownership of the property. The Views of London are so numerous that, though many of them are of great interest, it is difficult to particularise them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."