Garbutt’s 1966 Quad Royal Station Map Jamaica Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society and was appointed Geographer to both George IV and William IV

and a detailed explanation beneath the map clears up the finer points

Comprized under the name of Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg and including the Dutchies of Bremen

Garbutt’s 1966 Quad Royal Station Map Jamaica Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyGarbutt believed he had rescued the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ham fisted parody of Becks designs (Roberts p. 21). His basic configuration proved extremely durable, featuring a thermos flask shaped Circle Line, horizontal Central Line and vertical Northern Line, but with effective use of diagonals which helped return the map closer to geographical reality than Becks later rectilinear designs. Roberts suggests