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The Map That Changed the World
| Author: | Simon Winchester |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 108232 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 12 days |
SIGNED COPIES! "The Map That Changed the World", by Simon Winchester, begins in 1815, when an extraordinary hand painted map was published in London. The first of its kind, this geological map outlined...
The Mapmakers - A History of Stanfords
| Author: | Peter Whitfield |
| Publisher: | Compendium Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 121093 |
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We are proud to sell this wonderful book, as “The Mapmakers” is quite literally, all about us. One of London’s best known specialist shops, we have been trading in Charing Cross and Covent Garden for...
| Author: | Sarah Hartley |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Catalogue number: | 104097 |
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This is the story of Phyllis Pearsall, the woman who mapped London's A-Z and founded the Geographer's Map Company. Mapmaking was traditionally a man's world and she took it by storm by creating a map...
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Digital mapping on mobile phones
Here, digital mapping specialist Craig Wareham makes the case for one of the latest developments for walkers – digital mapping on mobile phones.
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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.
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Insurers look to OS maps to assess flood risk
Britain’s leading insurers were given an insight into the power of Ordnance Survey (OS) maps at a special event focusing on flood risk.
Directors, managers and specialist underwriters were among a 100...
New Stanfords map award announced
The British Cartographic Society Awards were revamped last year to encourage new cartographic products and new techniques in cartographic production and display. As part of the changes, a new award...
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Stanfords helps Scoot to Africa
Stanfords is sponsoring a team of people who plan to ride from Scotland to Morocco and back on scooters to raise money for charity.
The 'Scoot to Africa’ team aim to raise £100,000 for Cancer Research...
The British Cartographic Society
Mick Ashworth, as mad as us about maps and the president of the British Cartographic Society, introduces us to the Society and its activity.
Nearly forty years ago, on the 28th September 1963, a small...
The Charlie Connelly Interview
When Charlie Connelly came to Stanfords recently to sign copies of his hugely successful Attention All Shipping just prior to the launch of his latest book, In Search of Elvis, James Innes Williams...
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Paddy Dillon is one of Britain’s most prolific outdoor writers, with over 30 guidebooks to his name. He has walked and written about every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and has hiked all 19 National Trails at least twice.
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Leisure walking goes back a long time in Britain and the Ramblers' Association, founded in 1935 but with roots in the 19th century, has played a fundamental part in the fight for the freedom to roam...
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