Badeslade & Toms’ Map of Middlesex Printed Area Measurement_18 x 30.5 cm Environs of Wembley from Rocque’s

Environs of Wembley from Rocque’s ‘An Exact Survey of the City’s of London

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but in 1812 took over the Edinburgh publishing and engraving business established by his father

The survey for this map was made on the outward voyage of Lord Macartney's embassy to China and shows the entrance to Turon Harbour – Da Nang in modern Vietnam – and the course of the brig HMS Jackall

Badeslade & Toms’ Map of Middlesex Printed Area Measurement_18 x 30.5 cm Environs of Wembley from Rocque’sThis map of Middlesex was engraved by Toms for Thomas Badeslades Chorographia Britanniae, an attractive pocket atlas which according to Badeslade himself was originally compiled for the use of George I. The panel on the left contains a wealth of local detail such as fairs and market days, the number of MPs returned to parliament and information about significant rivers. The atlas was first published in 1742, but additional roads were added a couple of