Date:1572 - 1580 (c.)
Description:'Londinium': ancient capital of Shakespeare's England. London had been founded on the banks of the River Thames when the Romans established their fortress at what became the Tower of London. The Latin heading on the engraving translates as: 'London, capital of the most fertile kingdom of England.' Full title: Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Londinium, [from Civitates orbis terrarum. Coloniae Agrippinae, 1572 - c.1580](hand-coloured)
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