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'''1800 Stockdale A Plan of the City of Venice''',This map is a good depiction of the city of Venice in the year 1800. The author John Stockdale was born a blacksmith but then moved into making maps. The map he produced of Venice is a good depiction of the city taking into account he was making the map on ground level. There is a small portion of the map that is incorrect based on the size of the islands however the map a a whole is very detailed and through. This map has been used as a bench mark for the shape of Venice from the year 1800. | '''1800 Stockdale A Plan of the City of Venice''',This map is a good depiction of the city of Venice in the year 1800. The author John Stockdale was born a blacksmith but then moved into making maps. The map he produced of Venice is a good depiction of the city taking into account he was making the map on ground level. There is a small portion of the map that is incorrect based on the size of the islands however the map a a whole is very detailed and through. This map has been used as a bench mark for the shape of Venice from the year 1800. | ||
The map can be seen below. | The map can be seen below. | ||
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1800 Stockdale A Plan of the City of Venice,This map is a good depiction of the city of Venice in the year 1800. The author John Stockdale was born a blacksmith but then moved into making maps. The map he produced of Venice is a good depiction of the city taking into account he was making the map on ground level. There is a small portion of the map that is incorrect based on the size of the islands however the map a a whole is very detailed and through. This map has been used as a bench mark for the shape of Venice from the year 1800. The map can be seen below.
