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26%OFFRachel Hewitt - Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey - 9781847082541 - V9781847082541
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Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

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Description for Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
'A gripping story about the personalities who initiated the mapping of Britain and their extraordinary skill and endurance' Max Hastings, Sunday Times The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, but in our modern map-obsessed world how much do we know about its curious origins and extraordinary challenges? Here at last is the remarkable story of the creation of the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. What it reveals is a colourful and engrossing secret history of the Ordnance Survey and the obsessive and ambitious men who dreamt and delivered it. The ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847082541
SKU
V9781847082541
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About Rachel Hewitt
RACHEL HEWITT completed her doctoral thesis on the subject of the early Ordnance Survey at the University of London in 2007, and is currently a Leverhulme Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the 2008 Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Non-Fiction for this project. She lives in Cambridge.

Reviews for Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey
This is a brilliant book, and it's astonishing that no one has thought of writing it before ... History at its best
A N Wilson
Reader's Digest
Gripping [story] about the remarkable personalities who initiated the scientific mapping of Britain and their extraordinary feats of skill and endurance ... this is the first book of a young ... Read more

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