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 Scale is 1:63,360 97 maps, black and white, no index. Size: folded, 5 inches x 7-3/4 inches; unfolded, 40 inches x 30 inches. First printed between 1805-1873, each map is a unique and fascinating record of times past. You'll be able to see how your town or village has changed, find the names of farms, woods, spinneys and parks long forgotten; and above all you'll be able to understand and appreciate how and why your part of the world has developed as it has. Regular price $13.50 -- SALE C$9.00 each. The Story of the Maps A complete reprint covering England and Wales in 97 sheets edited by Dr. J. B. Harley. One of the earliest tasks of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain was to prepare a reliable map of England and Wales at a scale of one inch to one mile. These maps, known as the First Edition or Old Series, were finely engraved on copper, printed in black and published between 1805 and 1873. They represented the first major achievement of the national survey of Britain. They were revised from time to time, the most important change being the addition of the railway network. In collaboration with the Ordnance Survey, David and Charles have republished in exact facsimile these later printings - combining the advantage of presenting the essential information in the original edition with that of including the cumulative revision, especially of railway material. As well as being a landmark in the history of cartography, by faithfully recording the close detail of the nineteenth-century landscape, the surveyors created a major historical document. The reprint is edited by Dr. J. B. Harley of the Department of Geography, University of Exeter, who has provided a bibliographical note for each sheet, designed to assist in the dating and interpretation of the maps and to provide the historical background for their use. These will no longer be available from us once the current stock sells out. The following maps are still available:
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