• In the Heat of the Moment: Cartography, Rebuilding, and Reconceptualization after the Great Fire of London

    Author(s):
    Jacob Wasserman (see profile)
    Editor(s):
    Julie Lowenstein, Katherine Shy, Christine Wang
    Date:
    2015
    Subject(s):
    Cartography, History, England--London
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    History of cartography, London
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/g6cf-dp94
    Abstract:
    The Great Fire of London that swept through the city in September of 1666 destroyed not only the physical infrastructure of myriad London buildings, but also many of the maps that reflected how London's cartographers had envisioned their city. In an investigation of this event and the maps that predated and postdated it, I examine London's rebuilding efforts and cartography to explain how one European city conceptualized its transition into a modern, urban place. As London physically rebuilt itself, so too did cartographers rebuild the image of the city's future.
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    Publisher:
    The Yale Historical Review
    Pub. Date:
    October 15, 2015
    Journal:
    The Yale Historical Review
    Volume:
    5
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    7 - 35
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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