Civitas Londinum is a bird’s-eye view of London first printed from woodblocks in about 1561. Widely known as the Agas map, from a spurious attribution to surveyor Ralph Agas (c. 1540-1621), the map offers a richly detailed view both of the buildings and streets of …

The "Woodcut" map of London, formally titled Civitas Londinum, and often referred to as the "Agas" map of London, is one of the earliest true maps (as opposed to panoramic views, such as those of Anton van den Wyngaerde) of the City of London and its environs.

2025年1月26日 · 'Plan of London (circa 1560 to 1570)', in Agas Map of London 1561 ( [s.l.], 1633), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-map-agas/1561/map [accessed 26 January 2025].

The Map of Early Modern London (MoEML) comprises four distinct, interoperable projects. MoEML began in 1999 as a digital atlas of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century London based on the 1560s Agas woodcut map of the city.

4 天之前 · Produced in c. 1633, depicting the City of London in the 1560s. It probably derives from the 'Copperplate' map of. c.1560 of which three sheets are extant. Originally published by [s.n.], [s.l.], 1633. This free content was digitised by scanning. All rights reserved.

Widely known as the Agas map, from a spurious attribution to surveyor Ralph Agas (c.1540-1621), the map offers a richly detailed view both of the buildings and streets of the city and of its environment. No copies survive from 1561, but a modified version was printed in 1633.

2017年6月7日 · It is commonly known as the Woodcut Map or the Agas Map, after Ralph Agas, a local surveyor of the time, who had created a similar map of Oxford, but it is now believed he was not involved. Its formal title is “Civitas Londinum”.

Have a look at the map showing London as it looked during the reign of Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth owned many palaces and castles around London and spent most of her time here. Describe the...

The Agas map of London from 1560 showing the lost churches of the city and old St Pauls Cathedral before the Great Fire

2016年12月6日 · Called the Agas Map, it is an exquisitely detailed drawing which has been overlaid with information that helps the user quickly pinpoint major landmarks (including churches) in the city.