id
	13359
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13359
Resource template
	Book
Resource class
	bibo:Book
Title
	Map Of A Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey
Creator
	Hewitt, Rachel
Publisher
	Granta Books
Date
	2011
Language
	eng
Abstract
	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. 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.
Spatial Coverage
	Newburyport
Isbn
	978-1-84708-254-1
Number of pages
	432
Short title
	Map Of A Nation
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/VKEHRU7X/item-list

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