Thomas More's London (full colour version) El Hierro

Thomas More's London (full colour version) El HierroThis detailed illustration shows an aerial view of London as it might have looked during the lifetime of Sir Thomas More (1478 1535), the humanist writer, statesman and latter day Catholic saint who served at the court of the Tudor king Henry VIII. Originally drawn using a fine line pen on smooth board and digitally coloured, the composition is based on the famous view of London from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1617). A number of

Originally drawn using a fine line pen on smooth board and digitally coloured

the humanist writer

Carefully packaged and delivered in a firm cardboard tube

Los principales monumentos y lugares de interés señalados en el mapa con círculos numerados y enumerados alfanuméricamente a un lado

Mitcham Common

colour scheme

and districts covered by the map include Balham

showing ancient county boundaries alongside today’s towns

Illustrations at bottom left and top right show views of Canary Wharf and Docklands from the riverside at Wapping

and labels all major rail termini and Underground stations

La Carrasca

Locations shown on the map include Alcoi