The Charles Close Society for the study of Ordnance Survey Maps - The Revised new series in colour NEW publication for 2003

The Birth of the modern Ordnance Survey small-scale map

Cover of The Birth of the Modern Ordnance Survey Small-scale map

A new publication available from the Charles Close Society

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The Revised New Series colour printed one-inch map of England and Wales 1897-1914 by Dr Tim Nicholson.

95 pages of text and listings of maps, 27 black and white figures, colour plates B5 softback price £10.

ISBN 1 870 598 19 9

Wilmington from sheet 271 of the Revised New Series

Tim Nicholson has written a comprehensive study of this important series which changed the image of Ordnance Survey maps. The public were offered for the first time a map printed in up to five colours, folded in covers to fit in a pocket. The origins and impact of the new map are treated exhaustively in part one The Story of the Map. The second part reviews all Aspects of the map series and third part contains a listing of all known Map States.

An essential source book for a neglected map series of considerable significance in the development of modern mapping in Britain.

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