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British Town Maps

Author : Roger J. P. Kain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712357296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book British Town Maps written by Roger J. P. Kain and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towns are complex and sophisticated creations. Mapping towns stretched cartographers' ingenuity to new heights of both artistic beauty and scientific exactitude as they strove to represent and communicate the physical patterns of streets, buildings, and spaces; the "above ground" and the "below ground;" the built structures and the economy; the lives of those who live or work there; and the unseen realities of land ownership, administration, religion, and politics.These maps served a variety of purposes, from guiding travelers, assisting with administration and government, raising taxes, planning the built environment, organizing its defense--and much, much more. Some of the maps in this book are well known, others have languished in obscurity, deep in archives, until revealed by the 10 years' work of a British Academy research project on which this book is founded. Lavishly illustrated in color, it tells the story of the mapping of urban Britain from the late middle ages until modern times. The text is accompanied by a comprehensive index of town maps which have been cataloged on an open-access electronic resource.

London

Author : Peter Barber
Publisher : British Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book London written by Peter Barber and published by British Library. This book was released on 2012 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 2000 years, London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. London: A History in Maps illustrates and helps to explain the transformation using over 400 examples of maps. Side-by-side with the great, semi-official, but sanitized images of the whole city, there are the more utilitarian maps and plans of the parts--actual and envisaged--which perhaps present more than topographical records. They all have something unique to say about the time when they were created. Peter Barber's book reveals the "inside story" behind one of the world's greatest cities.

English Maps

Author : Catherine Delano-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book English Maps written by Catherine Delano-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introductory volume on the history of English maps. The authors adopt the revisionist perspectives of the new history of cartography, and review a broad range of maps, ranging in date from about 700 AD to the beginning of the 20th century. Their principle objective is to explore the ways in which maps have interacted with society in England's past, to analyze the roles that maps have played and the uses to which they have been put.

Atlas of Imagined Places

Author : Matt Brown
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849947422
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Imagined Places written by Matt Brown and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Illustrated Travel Book of the Year. HIGHLY COMMENDED, British Cartographic Society Awards 2022. From Stephen King's Salem's Lot to the superhero land of Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, this is a wondrous atlas of imagined places around the world. Locations from film, tv, literature, myths, comics and video games are plotted in a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. The maps feature fictional buildings, towns, cities and countries plus mountains and rivers, oceans and seas. Ever wondered where the Bates Motel was based? Or Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life? The authors have taken years to research the likely geography of thousands of popular culture locations that have become almost real to us. Sometimes these are easy to work out, but other times a bit of detective work is needed and the authors have been those detectives. By looking at the maps, you'll find that the revolution at Animal Farm happened next to Winnie the Pooh's home. Each location has an an extended index entry plus coordinates so you can find it on the maps. Illuminating essays accompanying the maps give a great insight into the stories behind the imaginary places, from Harry Potter's wizardry to Stone Age Bedrock in the Flintstones. A stunning map collection of invented geography and topography drawn from the world's imagination. Fascinating and beautiful, this is an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.

Map Addict

Author : Mike Parker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007351577
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Map Addict written by Mike Parker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: checking the A-Z, the road atlas or the Sat Nav, scanning the tube or bus map, a quick Google online or hours wasted flying over a virtual Earth, navigating a way around a shopping centre, watching the weather forecast, planning a walk or a trip, catching up on the news, booking a holiday or hotel. Maps pepper logos, advertisements, illustrations, books, web pages and newspaper and magazine articles: they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke, they convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics and power. They are the unsung heroes of life: Map Addict sings their song. There are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and development of cartography: this is not one of them. Map Addict mixes wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, unearthing the offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebrati on of all things maps.

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019960908X
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of British Place-Names written by David Mills and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.

The Red Atlas

Author : John Davies
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022638960X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Red Atlas written by John Davies and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.

Great Britain A-Z Super Scale Road Atlas 2022 (A3 Spiral)

Author : A-Z maps
Publisher : Times Books
ISBN 13 : 9780008445089
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Great Britain A-Z Super Scale Road Atlas 2022 (A3 Spiral) written by A-Z maps and published by Times Books. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large scale, spiral bound road atlas at A3 size has been fully revised and updated. It contains 176 pages of clear detailed road mapping at a mainland map scale of 2.5 miles to 1 inch. This large format road atlas includes the following; - 11 pages of main route mapping covering Greater London, Birmingham and Manchester - Route planning map - Mileage chart with average journey times - Information on motorway junctions with limited interchanges - 70 city and town centre street plans - 16 port and airport plans - Channel Tunnel terminus maps - Index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets, major destinations and selected places of interest with postcodes for sat-nav use - Map reference information also in French and German Instantly recognizable and easy to use, A-Z road mapping includes the following features: Clear standard road classification colors for easy identification, Full motorway junction detail, Under construction and proposed roads, Primary route destinations, Service areas Selected truckstop locations, National and county boundaries and A wide range of tourist and ancillary information, including Blue Flag Beaches.A combination of a great map scale, large book size and a spiral binding makes this a popular choice for those wanting superb map clarity in an easy to keep open publication.

Cities of the World

Author : Peter Whitfield
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520247253
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Cities of the World written by Peter Whitfield and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical and contemporary maps and photographs trace the history of more than sixty of the world's largest and most influential cities.

Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) ...

Author : British Museum (Natural History). Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) ... written by British Museum (Natural History). Library and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts and plans ... in the British museum

Author : British museum dept. of MSS.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts and plans ... in the British museum written by British museum dept. of MSS. and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps

Author : Iain Sinclair
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500022290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps written by Iain Sinclair and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful, evocative, and sumptuous volume brings Charles Booth's landmark survey of late nineteenth-century London to a new audience.

Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, Etc

Author : British Museum. King's Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, Etc written by British Museum. King's Library and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Victorian Maps of the British Isles

Author : David Smith
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Victorian Maps of the British Isles written by David Smith and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Town

Author : Bernard Nurse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851245178
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Town written by Bernard Nurse and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over one hundred images of towns in England, Wales and Scotland, this book draws on the extensive Gough collection in the Bodleian Library. Contemporary prints and drawings provide a powerful visual record of the development of the town in this period, and finely drawn prospects and maps reveal their early development.

Maps for the Local Historian

Author : John Brian Harley
Publisher : Freedom Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Maps for the Local Historian written by John Brian Harley and published by Freedom Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cartography

Author : Matthew H. Edney
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022660568X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Cartography written by Matthew H. Edney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time and space. As the current director of the project that has produced these volumes, Matthew H. Edney has a unique vantage point for understanding what “cartography” has come to mean and include. In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption. To illuminate this bold argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography that has developed in the West since 1800 has gone astray. By exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same.