9781847084521_

This absorbing history of the Ordnance Surveythe first complete map of the British Islescharts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome (The Guardian, UK).

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 this isamazinglythe first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it.

The Ordnance Surveys 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. Its 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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This absorbing history of the Ordnance Surveythe first complete map of the British Isles"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome (The Guardian, UK).

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