The Broken Compass

The Broken Compass

Re-imagining Elizabethan London

In search of the invisible city

Mathew Lyons
Aug 28, 2025
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Hollar’s “Exact Surveigh” of 1667

Another post brought out from behind the paywall, this time from last September. It’s something I wrote a good few years back for the London Historians newsletter. I’…

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