Old Map of Kent in 1724 by Herman Moll - Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Maidstone, Bromley, Tunbridge vintage railway survey map From waterfront warehouses to naval

From waterfront warehouses to naval shipyards

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and Hastings commands the eastern coast

this map provides insight into the early settlements

Old Map of Kent in 1724 by Herman Moll - Chatham, Gillingham, Dartford, Maidstone, Bromley, Tunbridge vintage railway survey map From waterfront warehouses to navalLong before Trafalgar or the ironclads of the Victorian navy, the Royal Navy's fighting ships were built, repaired and laid up along the River Medway, and it is that maritime backbone of Kent that gives this 1724 map by Herman Moll its distinct character. Moll, a Dutch born engraver who settled in London and became one of the leading commercial geographers of Queen Anne's and George I's reigns, issued this plate as part of a set of county maps of