An attractive large retrospective version of the Elizabethan birds-eye view of London attributed to Ralph Agas (c.1540-1621) of 1560. This and the famous Braun & Hogenburg map are both drawn from the so called ‘Copperplate map’ of London of which no copy survives. The panorama extends from Westminster Abbey in the west to the Tower of London in the east. It was published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch Atlas’ c.1862. London Bridge was the only crossing of the river at the time which illustrates the number of buildings it held. The walls of the city run from the Fleet River around to the Tower of London. St. Paul’s is illustrated without its spire which was lost in a lightning strike in 1561. The baiting rings for bulls and bears are illustrated on the south bank. Of the original ‘Agas’ map only three examples survive, all dating from later editions in 1633. Barber (2012) p. 17; Barker & Jackson (1990) pp. 18-19; refer Darlington & Howgego no. 8 pp. 12-16; London Topographical Society publication 159 (2001) ‘Tudor London: a map and a view’; Tooley’s Dictionary.