Book ID: CBB303759901

Britannia's Roads: An Introduction to the Strip Maps of John Ogilby's Britannia,1675 (2019)

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This book will appeal to the enthusiasts for Britannia’s strip maps of the roads of England and Wales, but it may surprise many of them. The book starts with an introduction to Britannia – its origins and contents, including a listing and mapping of the roads. Most of the remainder of the book is devoted to a detailed study of a selection of the strip maps chosen to illustrate their variety of styles and the accuracy with which they represent what was on the ground at the time the roads were surveyed. Dickinson’s chief aims are to draw attention to the many types of error to be found in the strip maps, to discuss in detail the possible reasons for them and to explain how, in spite of the errors, the maps can be used by those who understand their limitations to derive information about the roads and countryside of the second half of the seventeenth century.

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Review Renae Satterley (2020) Review of "Britannia's Roads: An Introduction to the Strip Maps of John Ogilby's Britannia,1675". Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography (pp. 79-80). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Shannon, William D.
Koyoumjian, Phillip
Holden, William Lloyd
Trentmann, Frank
Taylor, Vanessa
Stagg, Kevin
Concepts
Maps; atlases
Cartography
Geography
Roads and highways
Industrial revolution
Science and society
Time Periods
17th century
19th century
16th century
18th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
England
Wales
Great Britain
London (England)
Scotland
France
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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