British Town Maps

Author : Roger J. P. Kain,Richard Oliver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 0712357297

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British Town Maps by Roger J. P. Kain,Richard Oliver Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 0948257326

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Street Maps of British Towns by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ashley Baynton-Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 185170941X

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Town and City Maps of the British Isles, 1800-1855 by Ashley Baynton-Williams Pdf

Author : Helen Wallis,Anita McConnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521551528

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Historian's Guide to Early British Maps by Helen Wallis,Anita McConnell Pdf

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.

Author : Catherine Delano-Smith,Roger J. P. Kain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cartography
ISBN : UCSC:32106016772516

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English Maps by Catherine Delano-Smith,Roger J. P. Kain Pdf

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.

Author : Alex Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781786723215

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The First Mapping of America by Alex Johnson Pdf

The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends.

Author : Rodney W. Shirley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : British Isles
ISBN : UOM:39015015475034

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Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750 by Rodney W. Shirley Pdf

Author : David Smith
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Cartography
ISBN : UOM:39015016329479

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Victorian Maps of the British Isles by David Smith Pdf

Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199609086

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names by David Mills Pdf

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.

Author : Rodney W. Shirley,British Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Atlases
ISBN : UOM:39015059278237

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Maps in the Atlases of The British Library by Rodney W. Shirley,British Library Pdf

Accompanying ... "CD-ROM contains the index to the two printed volumes. Searches can be made for principal atlas-makers or book authors, personal names of surveyors, map-makers, engravers, etc., or geographical area of map." -- disc label.

Author : Matthew H. Edney,Mary Sponberg Pedley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 1920 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226339221

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The History of Cartography, Volume 4 by Matthew H. Edney,Mary Sponberg Pedley Pdf

Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartography in the European Enlightenment, the highly anticipated fourth volume, offers a comprehensive overview of the cartographic practices of Europeans, Russians, and the Ottomans, both at home and in overseas territories, from 1650 to 1800. The social and intellectual changes that swept Enlightenment Europe also transformed many of its mapmaking practices. A new emphasis on geometric principles gave rise to improved tools for measuring and mapping the world, even as large-scale cartographic projects became possible under the aegis of powerful states. Yet older mapping practices persisted: Enlightenment cartography encompassed a wide variety of processes for making, circulating, and using maps of different types. The volume’s more than four hundred encyclopedic articles explore the era’s mapping, covering topics both detailed—such as geodetic surveying, thematic mapping, and map collecting—and broad, such as women and cartography, cartography and the economy, and the art and design of maps. Copious bibliographical references and nearly one thousand full-color illustrations complement the detailed entries.

Author : George Alexander Cooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : England
ISBN : OXFORD:N11892157

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Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: Cornwall by George Alexander Cooke Pdf

Author : British museum dept. of MSS.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N12387517

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Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts and plans ... in the British museum by British museum dept. of MSS. Pdf

Author : Simon Foxell
Publisher : Black Dog Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015078798124

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Mapping England by Simon Foxell Pdf

"Mapping England brings to light the ways in which ideas about and around England have changed since the very first attempts at mapping the land. Charting the nation has helped to define what England is - and what it could be - developing and maintaining an identity distinct from the nations of Great Britain, whilst relating that identity to the British Isles as a whole. Through a series of compelling and revealing maps, Mapping England illustrates how the country has scrutinised itself and been scrutinised by others, all the while recording the ever-changing circumstances that have carved out the notion of England as we know it today." "Organised thematically, Mapping England encompasses some of the most important documents in the history of charting the country. From maps designed to defend the realm, to those recording topographical and geological features to those assisting in transport across the country, Mapping England presents a number of creative and compelling interpretations of the country. Work from cartographers, military strategists, government officials and fine artists culminate in a complete look at where mapping England originated, and the ways it has evolved over the years in response to changing notions of nationhood, security and cultural identity." "Author Simon Foxell unpicks the historical and political references alive in these fascinating maps, telling the story of how England has represented itself in graphic form across different moments in time and through different socio-political climates."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Peter Barber
Publisher : British Library
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cartography
ISBN : UCBK:C110094530

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London by Peter Barber Pdf

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.