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Pictured: The map is titled the London England Kingdom Metropolis.
One of the earliest known maps of London has been sold for £6,500 by the family of a former London mayor.
The fascinating engraved plan of the capital - or metropolis - of England dates from the time of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare.
The hand-coloured map shows how the city looked in the 1570s when it would have had a population of about 200,000 people.