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Historians' Guide to Early British Maps: A Guide to the Location of Pre-1900 Maps of the British Isles Preserved in the United Kingdom and Ireland (Guides and Handbooks)
Helen Wallis (Ed.)
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Hardcover. 8vo. Good clean copy . Early Ireland
The first guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland: essays on different types of map are followed by a comprehensive guide to approx. 450 repositories. This guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland records for the first time the rich cartographic heritage of these islands. It thus responds to the increasing appreciation of maps as historical documents. The Guideis divided into two sections. The first describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the different types of regional and special maps. Part Two is a guide to ... Read more
The first guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland: essays on different types of map are followed by a comprehensive guide to approx. 450 repositories. This guide to pre-1900 maps relating to Great Britain and Ireland records for the first time the rich cartographic heritage of these islands. It thus responds to the increasing appreciation of maps as historical documents. The Guideis divided into two sections. The first describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the different types of regional and special maps. Part Two is a guide to ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Royal Hist.Soc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Number of Pages
475
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861931415
SKU
KEX0276726
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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