Road from London to Hith. Senex antique map c1757.

by Ogilby - Senex

Senex road from Southwark to Hith in Kent - via Deptford, Lewsham, Eltham, Farmingham, Stanstead, Wrotham, Addington, Maidstone and Ashford, through Surrey and Kent. On the reverse, also with fine later hand-colour, and included when buying this map, is the previous item, London to HolyHead (as far as Towcester). 

John Senex updated John Ogilby surveys of England. John Ogilby did the first survey of roads through England and Wales - 140 years before Senex updated them. These road maps are original copperplate engravings by John Senex c1757 after John Ogilby's surveyed roads, for The Roads through England Delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved & Reduced to a Size Portable for the Pocket by John Senex, F.R.S. Being an Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England, and Wales, Distinctly laid down on one hundred & one Copper Plates on which are delineated all the cities, Towns, Villages, Hills, Rivers, Brooks, Churches, capital Seats, and every place worthy of Note, throughout each ROAD; WITH The Addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and Several necessary Corrections made in others; Together with a great number of explanatory references, by which this Edition of the Roads is render'd of more general Use for TRAVELLERS. - Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London 1757.

Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).