"This book describes the principal maps of Ireland and parts of Ireland produced by the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom over a period of nearly a hundred

This “absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey”—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome”

Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: c