Fragments of Shakespeare’s London
The streets of London are packed with history, but few physical traces remain of the city that William Shakespeare knew, 400 years ago. In this post, we’ll discover some of the hidden fragments of Shakespeare’s London that the Street View cameras have managed to capture. Ye Olde Google Maps Before there was Google Maps, there was the wonderfully detailed Agas Map of 15611, and before there was Street View, there was Wenceslas Hollar’s incredible panoramic masterpiece Long View of London (1647), which you can view a small section of, or you can download the entire gigantic image from…