She knew it like the back of her hand …
The National Archives holds a vast accumulation of historic maps but few are as unusual as this one (document reference EXT 11/159). It’s a leather glove painted with a map of London landmarks and was designed to help fashionable ladies find their way to and from the Great Exhibition held in London’s Hyde Park in 1851.
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