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Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey
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Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey Cloth - 2010

by Rachel Hewitt

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London England: Granta Books. Near Fine/Very Good. 2010. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1847080987 Hardback Hardcover excellent copy.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 OS 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 from its inception in 1791, right through to the OS MasterMap of the present day: a vast digital database. 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.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .
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  • Title Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey
  • Author Rachel Hewitt
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine/Very Good
  • Pages 436
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Granta Books, London England
  • Date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 106267
  • ISBN 9781847080981 / 1847080987
  • Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7 in (23.37 x 15.75 x 4.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History, Cartography - Great Britain - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010467631
  • Dewey Decimal Code 526.094

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