Mapping Britain

The Story of an Island through the Ordnance Survey Archives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Discover the story of Britain as you've never seen it before through the extraordinary archive of Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey has been the home of British mapmaking since 1745, when a twenty-one-year old engineer was first tasked with a small-scale military survey of Scotland. Since then, its maps have borne witness to nearly three centuries of phenomenal transformation, from the British Empire to the Industrial Revolution, World War I to the digital era, and are still trusted and treasured by millions of us today.In Mapping Britain, Will Millard brings the illustrious Ordnance Survey archive to life in a fully-illustrated story of Britain that explores what these maps can tell us about where, why and how we have moved around this island over the centuries. We find disappearing villages, secretive smuggling paths, top-secret military plans and even the detailed maps of Buckingham Palace gifted to Queen Victoria on her fiftieth jubilee.Rich, rewarding and endlessly fascinating, Mapping Britain is an unmissable record of how our landscape has changed - and how it might do so in the future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-01
Mått:194 x 248 x 26 mm
Vikt:1 040 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Orion Publishing Co
ISBN:9781399625845

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Historisk geografi inom Historia och arkeologi

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Will Millard (Author) br Will Millard is a bestselling writer, explorer and award-winning broadcaster based in South Wales. He has authored or co-authored multiple bestsellers, including the international bestseller The Way of the Hermit with Ken 'the Hermit of Treig' Smith. Will has presented seven BBC series and three standalone documentaries, winning the prestigious BAFTA Cymru Award for 'Best Presenter' for his hit BBC series Hunters of the South Seas. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Ambassador for World Fish Migration Day, Keep Wales Tidy, the Rivers Trust and the Angling Trust.brbrOrdnance Survey (Author) br Established in 1791, Ordnance Survey is the world's leading producer of maps. Their vast collection of geographic data has mapped the location of every fixed physical object in Great Britain, from the ground upwards, to within one metre accuracy. While their world-famous and much-loved paper maps remain important, OS produce digital map data, online route planning and sharing services and mobile apps, plus many other location-based products so you know exactly where you are. www.ordnancesurvey.co.ukbrbr