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British town maps a history

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: London British Library 2015Description: 256p. ill maps 29cmISBN:
  • 9780712357296
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 526.09 $2 18
Summary: Lavishly illustrated in colour, 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 catalogued on an open-access electronic resource (http://townmaps.data.history.ac.uk/). Some of the maps in this book are well known, others have languished in obscurity, deep in archives, until revealed by the ten years' work of a British Academy research project on which this book is founded.

Lavishly illustrated in colour, 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 catalogued on an open-access electronic resource (http://townmaps.data.history.ac.uk/). Some of the maps in this book are well known, others have languished in obscurity, deep in archives, until revealed by the ten years' work of a British Academy research project on which this book is founded.

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