The Birth of the Modern Ordnance Survey Small-scale Map: The Revised New Series Colour Printed One-inch Map of England and Wales 1897-1914

Nicholson, Tim

ISBN 10: 1870598199 / ISBN 13: 9781870598194

Published by London : The Charles Close Society, 2003

About this Item

95 pages, [13] pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some colour) ; 25 cm. Tim Nicholson has written a comprehensive study of this important series which changed the image of Ordnance Survey maps. The public were offered for the first time a map printed in up to five colours, folded in covers to fit in a pocket. The origins and impact of the new map are treated exhaustively in part one The Story of the Map. The second part reviews all Aspects of the map series and third part contains a listing of all known Map States. An essential source book for a neglected map series of considerable significance in the development of modern mapping in Britain.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birth of the Modern Ordnance Survey Small-scale Map: The Revised New Series Colour Printed One-inch Map of England and Wales 1897-1914
• Publisher: London : The Charles Close Society
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870598199
• ISBN 13: 9781870598194
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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