General Map of London Shewing the Proposed Lines of Railway and Termini that have been surveyed and deposited at the Board of Trade and referred to the Metropolitan Railway Commissions, published by Hansard for the House of Commons, London 1846. On paper Size 97 by 67 cm. Scale 8 furlongs to 4 inches, or 4 inches to the mile. With a colour-coded key to lines built and planned. The map covers an area in the north from Hampstead across to Hackney in the east and in the south from Parsons Green and Battersea across to Greenwich Park. A detailed map of London that shows the existing roads, railways and stations at the height of the first burst of railway building but also has suggested new lines and termini that would bring the railways closer to the centre of the city and to each other. Original hand-colouring. Has been folded. Some minor age toning and offsetting but overall VG condition.