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Can I read Map of a Nation : A Biography of the Ordnance Survey on EtoBox?
Map of a Nation : A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Map of a Nation : A Biography of the Ordnance Survey about?
This “absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey”—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome” (The Guardian, UK). 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 this 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.
Who reads Map of a Nation : A Biography of the Ordnance Survey?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rachel Hewitt
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847082541
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Anthropology, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (66 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13