London & its environs

Baedeker's visitors needed to find both a London street and the right part of a museum, and the maps in London & its env...

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Baedeker's visitors needed to find both a London street and the right part of a museum, and the maps in London & its environs did both. The examples here, dated 1905 to 1930, combine district maps with plans of public buildings, galleries, churches and excursions. Railway, Underground and tramway diagrams link central London, the City and the suburbs, while the British Museum, National Gallery, St Paul's, Westminster Abbey and the South Kensington museums are planned inside as well as out. Windsor, Hampton Court, Kew and St Albans carry the itinerary beyond the centre, and some plans show arrangements since altered by redevelopment or institutional change.

Baedeker's visitors needed to find both a London street and the right part of a museum, and the maps in London & its environs did both. The examples here, dated 1905 to 1930, combine district maps with plans of public buildings, galleries, churches and excursions. Railway, Underground and tramway diagrams link central London, the City and the suburbs, while the British Museum, National Gallery, St Paul's, Westminster Abbey and the South Kensington museums are planned inside as well as out. Windsor, Hampton Court, Kew and St Albans carry the itinerary beyond the centre, and some plans show arrangements since altered by redevelopment or institutional change.

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