Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

This “absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey”—the first complete map of the British Isles—”charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome” (The Guardian, UK).
 
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 this is—amazingly—the first popular history to tell the story of the map and the men who dreamt and delivered it.
 
The Ordnance Survey’s history is one of political revolutions, rebellions and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It’s also 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.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005ERMKUC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Granta Books (July 7, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 7, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 14862 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 484 pages