Medieval London

The Agas Map of Early Modern London

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Title

The Agas Map of Early Modern London

Subject

Civic and Guild Culture, Geographical Tools

Description

Fig. 5 – This detail of the Agas map depicts the location of the Guildhall between Aldermanbury, Ketton Street (now Cateaton Street), and Balyngs Hall (now Basinghall Street) from a bird’s-eye view. Credited to cartographer Ralph Agas, the original Agas of c 1561 map no longer exists, and this detail is of a later version made in 1633.

Creator

Ralph Agas, edited by Robert McCormick

Source

Janelle Jenstad, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 
https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/map.htm

Publisher

University of Victoria and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 
https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/legal.htm

Date

c. 1561

Contributor

Robert McCormick

Rights

City of London, London Metropolitan Archives, https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/legal.htm

Language

English

Type

Still Image

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Original Format

Map

Files

The Agas Map of Early Modern London.png

Citation

Ralph Agas, edited by Robert McCormick, “The Agas Map of Early Modern London,” Medieval London, accessed October 24, 2024, https://medievallondon.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/424.

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