European Urbanization 1800

Caption

European Urbanization 1800

Summary

This map shows the percentage of the population living in towns per region in western Europe in 1800.

An inset chart shows the growth in eight different European cities from 1500 to 1800.

Source

‘Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 133)

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

Series

This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.

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