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Map Of A Nation - A Biography of the Ordnance Survey (Paperback) Loot Price: R370
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Map Of A Nation - A Biography of the Ordnance Survey (Paperback)

Rachel Hewitt

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Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and Map of a Nation is, amazingly, the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it. The Ordnance Survey's history is one of political revolutions, rebellions and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It's also a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.

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Imprint: Granta Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2011
First published: February 2013
Authors: Rachel Hewitt
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 978-1-84708-254-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Map making & projections
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 1-84708-254-8
Barcode: 9781847082541

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