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Beschreibung
MAP OF A NATION tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and MAP OF A NATION is, amazingly, the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it. This is a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.
MAP OF A NATION tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and MAP OF A NATION is, amazingly, the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it. This is a deliciously readable account of one of the great untold British adventure stories, featuring intrepid individuals lugging brass theodolites up mountains to make the country visible to itself for the first time.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781847082541
ISBN-10: 1847082548
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hewitt, Rachel
Hersteller: Granta Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: Colour plate section
Maße: 195 x 129 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Rachel Hewitt
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2011
Gewicht: 0,358 kg
Artikel-ID: 107066419