Map Shewing the Number of Public Houses in the Metropolis

1859

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Map of Public Houses in London

by John Taylor

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Title: Map Shewing the Number of Public Houses in the Metropolis
Author/Creator: John Taylor
Date Created: 1859
Temporal Coverage (Time Period): 1855 – 1860
Abstract: Map of Public Houses in London
Description: The “Map Shewing the Number of Public Houses in the Metropolis” was published roughly at the same time that John Snow published his now famous Cholera map that argued for the theory of water borne transmission of the disease and against the dominant paradigm of miasma (Snow 1855). Both maps make visual arguments about London and threats to its health.
Subject: Alcohol
Spatial Coverage (Place): London, United Kingdom
Type: object; cartographic image
Format/size: 250x200cm
Source: Cornell University - PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography
Language: English
Rights: puplic domain
Relation to other item: Map of New York City to accompany 'The Temperance Movement or the Conflict between Man & Alcohol'

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