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Mad about maps
Unsurprisingly we're rather big fans of maps here at Stanfords, with a history of making the best, importing the best and selling the best, that spans back for over 150 years. Here you'll find a collection of articles on and around maps and mapping - digging up amazing facts, moments of sheer genius by past cartographers as well as discovering the histories behind some of the biggest companies to survey the world.
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Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 6 January 2009
Established in 1853, Stanfords has since made and supplied maps to royalty, the military, and famous adventurers, explorers, writers, and even dolls, for over 150 years. Here we’ll be sharing some of the many fascinating stories in our rich history, as we discover more.
Author: Peter Whitfield
Date: 2 September 2008
Dr Peter Whitfield looks at the ghost story writer M R James and his connection with maps.
Date: 9 April 2008
We get a thrill whenever we come across descriptions of the wonders of maps in the world of literature. It all started for us with the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who in The Hound of the Baskervilles has Sherlock Holmes describing the transporting power of a map, and even referring to Stanfords by name as his chosen source of cartographic inspiration.
The British Cartographic Society
Author: Mick Ashworth
Date: 1 July 2003
Mick Ashworth, as mad as us about maps and the president of the British Cartographic Society, introduces us to the society and its activity.
Michelin: the maps they are a-changing
Author: Margaret Ross
Date: 1 May 2003
New maps are always awaited with great anticipation at Stanfords; many become a valuable addition to our stock, and those which fill the few remaining gaps in our coverage are particularly welcomed...
Date: 1 March 2002
Harvey Map Services have been established for 25 years. They have gained a reputation for creating high quality maps for adventurous recreation. Popular walking and climbing areas throughout the UK are covered in ranges of sheet and route maps at varying scales according to the terrain of the area covered.
Getmapping's groundbreaking project
Date: 1 December 2001
Not since William the Conqueror recorded England in the Domesday Book has there ever been such a record of the country. A record that is so detailed as to show every road, every house, and every tree...
The mapping of the Indian continent
Author: Donna Wright
Date: 1 October 2001
The mapping of India is a tale that touches all strands of culture, history, science and politics ensuring that one cannot help but be fascinated. The feats and determination of the surveyors astounded me when I first undertook the study of cartography and their effort is entwined with our need for understanding...
Author: Jack Joyce
Date: 1 September 2001
ITMB Publishing Ltd (International Travel Maps and Books, if you're not in a hurry) was conceived in the early 1980s from the partnership of an Australian cartographer named Kevin Healey and Jack Joyce...
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