Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis 1574 Size:extra large View of the bridge from

View of the bridge from a high viewpoint on the upstream north bank opposite Southwark Cathedral

A view of the Pool from Southwark

Westminster Bridge showing stone alcoves

Reconstruction drawing of Londinium looking east: 'Roman London c

Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis 1574 Size:extra large View of the bridge fromSecond edition of the map view of London which was included in the first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in Cologne in 1572. The sixth and final volume appeared in 1617. Edited by Georg Braun, and eventually containing 546 prospects of cities from all over the world, the atlas was the first of its type. The first volume concentrated on European cities, 79 in all. Braun, a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the compendium,