Hello
I've just picked this up on a mailing-list about websites. I've no
doubt this is familiar stuff to anyone on this list, but you might be
interested.
Roger Fern, list-lurker.
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Ordnance Survey: History of Maps [pdf]
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/history/index.html
The Ordnance Survey started life in Britain in the late eighteenth
century, and its original purpose was military in nature. It traces its
origins to 1746 when King George II commissioned a military survey of
the Scottish highlands. Almost fifty years later, the Board of Ordnance
(the defence ministry at the time) began a survey of England's southern
coasts, which were vulnerable to attack from nations on the Continent.
On this site, visitors can learn more about the history of the Survey
via an interactive time line and the engaging essay that's on this site.
The real gems here are the two full-length books that visitors can read
at their leisure. They are "A History of the Ordnance Survey" by W.A.
Seymour and "Ordnance Survey: Map Makers to Britain since 1791". Both
works deal with the political and military implications of the Survey,
along with providing information on the more technical aspects of
surveying work. [KMG]
From The Scout Report, March 5, 2010.
Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu/
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Roger Fern, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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