The Map Room

Maps have always fascinated me, and a love of maps was one of the things that drew me into economic history as a discipline. This page showcases some of my favourite pieces from my collection of historical maps, as well as some of the maps of fantastic locales I’ve created in my spare time.

Made by Others

  • York, 1822
  • Edinburgh, early 1800s
  • Venice, 1830s
  • Horwood Plan of London, 1792-99. Full version was too powerful for this puny site; see below for a link.

Full-sized Horwood Plan of London. Can you handle the 136MB chonk?

Made by Myself

  • A district.
  • A port city.
  • A continent.
  • Port city of Martingale, very loosely inspired by Boston.
  • Paris Metro/RER network, to scale.