Paterson's 24 Miles Round London circa 1791

Paterson's Twenty Four Miles Round London with reference to seats of the Nobility and Gentry circa 1791. Engraved by J.Ellis and B.Baker, Islington. Printed for the Proprietors Bowles & Carver No.69 St. Paul's Churchyard. Note round margin: 'This Plan is divided into four quarters by the Meridian of St. Paul's Church'.

Extent: Ware - Tilbury - Crowhurst - Windsor.

Paterson's Twenty Four Miles Round London with Reference to the Seats of Nobility and Gentry. This decorative antique copper engraved map was produced by Capt.Daniel Paterson (1739-1825) for the publisher Carrington Bowles in 1791. Choosing the distance of twenty four miles as the extremity of his map was deliberate in that it was considered to be the distance a traveller could journey in to London and back in one day. This edition of the map is not listed in Howgego which has the earliest edition as 1800.

When this map was published:

The population of London had now reached around 1,000,000 from approximately 700,000 in 1750.

In London Thomas Paine publishes his most famous work ‘The Rights of Man’, two years after the end of the French Revolution. Paine explored the idea that government based on true justice should support not only mankind’s natural rights (life, liberty, free speech, freedom of conscience) but also its civil rights (relating to security and protection)

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