Map-making is usually considered a serious, objective endeavour. But these whimsical creations aren’t just fun – they also give surprising insight into the British psyche. Maps are more than a ...
Tabish Khan Maps (Lots Of Maps) At The British Library Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line, British Library 4 A map showing the way to escape from an under ...
IF it were possible to make a clean sweep of British units of measurement and substitute for them the metric system, probably no one would benefit more than the surveyor and map maker. No one who has ...
VICTORIA — A serendipitous meeting between a professor and a colleague last year led to a treasure trove of historical maps indicating kelp bed locations off British Columbia’s coast, helping experts ...
The printed map is the centre of attention right now. Last week was, according to the Ordnance Survey, National Map Reading Week. And next week, a blockbuster exhibition opens at the British Library – ...
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To the East India Company and the British Raj that followed it, mapping was an obsession. The empires that came before them, such as the Mughal and the Marathas, did not engage in cartography in quite ...
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