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I really like the 1879 Map in the download section. My question is - Is the London 1899 Bartholomew Fire Brigade JPG (20mb) historically accurate for the time? Since it is only a game, if it is not accurate for 1879, what year was it derived from?

I can't speak with definite authority, but I've got a sneaking suspicion that if Andrew is using it, it's probably pretty accurate. He's fly like that.

Here, I just pulled up the same from wikimedia commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... w-1899.jpg

English: An enormously proportioned and extremely unusual map of London, England prepared by John Bartholomew. Covers the entire city of London from Kenton in the northwest, to Richmond Park in the southwest, to Hospital Hill in the northeast and Longlands in the southeast. Offers extraordinary detail freely labeling individual buildings, streets, and waterways throughout London. Prepared as a “London Fire Brigade Instructional Map” with the area of London patrolled by the fire brigades outlined in red. Probably not originally a fire brigade map, but adopted by the fire brigade commanders from Bartholomew’s Plan of London , the best available at the time. Undated, but fits with the style and layout of the late 19th century. A rare and magnificent piece of London history.

Thanks! That is Awesome! It's a great map! I went to the link and checked it out. Waiting for the flash viewer to process...

The 1899 Bartholomew map is the one we used to write the London sourcebook (forthcoming). Yes, it's a primary source, historical map, dated to 1899 as a best-guess. We've gone to primary sources where feasible, given time and budget constraints. You can consider it the definitive map for the London of 1879, at least until we rearrange big chunks of the city in some forthcoming adventure.

I play Gaslight Era Call of Cthulhu, 1870's-1890's. It looks pretty close to the maps I've seen.

I've been digging around in maps for reasons and it is accurate - all though in the version on wikimedia as some issues with how it is scanned and stitched together, particularly right in the middle of the City. Frown.

A very good answer.
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I've been digging around in maps for reasons and it is accurate - all though in the version on wikimedia as some issues with how it is scanned and stitched together eggy car