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To all who use Ordnance maps in the field this book should prove most attractive and full of indications for further exploration of the countryside. Broadly speaking, it consists of three parts. First comes a historical sketch of the mapping of Great Britain and the origin and growth of the Ordnance Survey. Next comes instruction in the reading of a map, which should enable many users of the map to find much more in it than they knew was there; and lastly, there are several chapters on the archaœlogy of maps as expressed in place names, ancient buildings, fortifications, etc. These chapters are exceptionally interesting. The book is illustrated with a few photographs and reproductions of maps and there are useful bibliographical references to each chapter.
The Map of England: or About England with an Ordnance Map.
Col. Sir
Charles
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By. Pp. x + 166 + 8 plates. (London: Peter Davies, Ltd., 1932.) 6s. net.
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The Map of England: or About England with an Ordnance Map . Nature 131, 260 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131260d0
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