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Bird's-eye view of London seen in 280-year-old map (www.bbc.co.uk)
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John Rocque's map provided a view of the capital that was unprecedented in its detail.

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[โ€“] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I'm just impressed they were able to teach birds to draw this well.

[โ€“] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Wow, ship happens. Even back then!