Horwood’s Large-Scale Map of St James’s & Knightsbridge Mapmaker(s)_John Tallis was a founder member of

was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society and was appointed Geographer to both George IV and William IV

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Horwood’s Large-Scale Map of St James’s & Knightsbridge Mapmaker(s)_John Tallis was a founder member ofThis map (two sheets from Horwood's magnificent 32 sheet survey) includes St Jamess Square, the western part of Piccadilly, Green Park, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge and Brompton Road. It is a landmark in London mapping on a number of counts. It was the first large scale survey since John Rocque's, half a century earlier, and Horwood was the first to show individual house numbers. Numbering began in London in the 1760s (although