In the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with human sewage and the streets were covered with horse dung, the removal of which, according to Lee... 'Dirty Old London': A History Of The Victorians' ...
The city of London has grown into one of the largest urban zones in all of Europe, but it wasn't always the gigantic, sprawling city it is today. The cartographers at Axis Maps put together a set of ...
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