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Book Synopsis British Town Maps by : Roger J. P. Kain
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.
Download or read book Street Maps of British Towns written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historian's Guide to Early British Maps by : Helen Wallis
Download or read book Historian's Guide to Early British Maps written by Helen Wallis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-04-06 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Britain and Ireland enjoy a rich cartographic heritage, yet historians have not made full use of early maps in their writings and research. This is partly due to a lack of information about exactly which maps are available. With the publication of this volume from the Royal Historical Society, we now have a comprehensive guide to the early maps of Great Britain. The book is divided into two parts: part one describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the early mapping of the British Isles; part two comprises a guide to the collections, national and regional. Now available from Cambridge University Press, this volume provides an essential reference tool for anyone requiring to access maps of the British Isles dating back to the medieval period and beyond.
Book Synopsis AA Great Britain Town Plans by : Automobile Association (Great Britain)
Download or read book AA Great Britain Town Plans written by Automobile Association (Great Britain) and published by Aa Pub. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical atlas provides 100 city and town maps, including 16 pages of London maps. Ther are also 5 larger scale district maps of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Newcastle to aid navigation around and into these major cities. The book also incorporates nine North Sea and Channel port plans, the Channel Tunnel terminal plans, 12 major airport plans, and street indexes for easy reference.
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.
Book Synopsis Maps of the United Kingdom by : Rachel Dixon
Download or read book Maps of the United Kingdom written by Rachel Dixon and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of the United Kingdom as you’ve never seen it before in this fully illustrated set of county maps. Travel through England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and meet the incredible people born there, learn about its proud history, and discover ancient castles, modern feats of engineering and natural highlights while you revel in the nation’s curiosities, from the spectacular, to the quirky, to the downright strange! A fabulous introduction to Shakespeare’s Sceptre Isle, for readers young and old.
Book Synopsis Historic Towns by : Mary Doreen Lobel
Download or read book Historic Towns written by Mary Doreen Lobel and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorian Maps of England by : Thomas Moule
Download or read book Victorian Maps of England written by Thomas Moule and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most beautiful Victorian maps of England's counties and cities – in large format – by one of Britain's great cartographer's Thomas Moule. Thomas Moule was one of the finest Victorian mapmakers and is regarded as the true follower of John Speed in the cartographic history of Britain. Moule’s beautifully observed county and city maps present a minutely detailed record of 19th-century England. They were first published in collectable parts between 1830 and 1837 and then published together in the extensive 2-volume masterwork The English Counties Delineated. Moule celebrated the ‘ancientness’ and history of each county by including pastoral or monument views within the maps, all framed by cartouches, festoons and architectural ornament in a variety of historical styles. But underpinning this ancient vision is the hand of the British Industrial Revolution. Moule’s maps are deeply informed by the early technical work of the Ordnance Survey and record the unstoppable growth of the major cities and the unrelenting spread of the railways. The maps have remained influential and highly collectable as both originals and as reproductions. For the first time in a generation this new large-format volume, comprising 55 county and city maps, presents the main body of Thomas Moule’s work alongside his original detailed text descriptions. The book’s Introduction explains Moule’s career as a writer and antiquary and sets his celebrated maps in the context of the technical cartographic revolution in which they were published. The book examines the wide-ranging artistic and cultural influences exhibited as Moule combines accurate cartography with highly decorative architectural frames and evocative, Romantic, pastoral views of the England he so cherished. In doing so it positions him alongside his fellow celebrated Victorian pioneers, including George Virtue, William Westall, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, JMW Turner, Augustus Pugin, Edward Stanford and George Bradshaw.
Book Synopsis Atlas of Imagined Places by : Matt Brown
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.
Book Synopsis Town and City Maps of the British Isles, 1800-1855 by : Ashley Baynton-Williams
Download or read book Town and City Maps of the British Isles, 1800-1855 written by Ashley Baynton-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the 6-inch and 25-inch Maps and Town Plans of England and Wales and the Isle of Man by : Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Download or read book Catalogue of the 6-inch and 25-inch Maps and Town Plans of England and Wales and the Isle of Man written by Great Britain. Ordnance Survey and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorian Maps of the British Isles by : David Smith
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:
Book Synopsis Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750 by : Rodney W. Shirley
Download or read book Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750 written by Rodney W. Shirley and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Antique Maps of the British Isles by : David A. Smith
Download or read book Antique Maps of the British Isles written by David A. Smith and published by Batsford. This book was released on 1982 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The City in Maps written by James Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: the earliest town plans -- The medieval city -- Braun & Hogenberg and after: the towns of the seventeenth century -- Early plans in the British Isles -- The baroque city: the town plans of the eighteenth century -- Industry and Empire: the town plans of the nineteenth century -- Medical and social mapping -- 'Fire and sword'.
Book Synopsis Maps in Tudor England by : P. D. A. Harvey
Download or read book Maps in Tudor England written by P. D. A. Harvey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reduced-size reproductions of maps produced during the period 1485-1603.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of British Place-Names by : David Mills
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.
