The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. The Roman Britain Map provides the ideal overview of nearly 400 yearsof history, during which Britain was a part of the Roman Empire. This map covers the whole of Great Britain and is printed back to back as North and South sheets. It includes a list of key dates, events and archaeological evidence. The OS Historical Map...

The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. Each archaeological period is identified using different symbols and colours to show sites from the Stone Age through to the early Middle Ages against a modern map base, double-sided to cover the whole country. The Ancient Britain map and guide is complemented by a timeline that shows British events in relation to wider...

A century after the Industrial Revolution began, some Victorians finally began to confront the problems industrialisation and urbanisation had wrought. This title is suitable for genealogists, historians and all lovers of London's past.

1 stars

At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before the decline commenced.

From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.

For over twenty-five years, The Student Bible Atlas has been a trusted companion for Bible students of all ages and interests. All of the best features of The Student Bible Atlas are retained in this beautiful new edition. The table of contents remains the same, as does the tone and content. The layout, however, is beautifully redone.

With maps of Jerusalem & Tel Aviv-Yafo. Cities, towns, villages • Built–up areas • Physical features • Archaeological and historical sites • Road classifications & numbers • Road No. 6 (Toll road) • Israel Trail (Shvil Yisrael) • Bathing beaches • Airports, ports, railway stations • Border crossings • Rivers, streams, wadis • Reservoirs, fish ponds, wells • Main highways and numbers...

A sumptuous book featuring magnificent maps from the National Library of Scotland and text from three eminent specialists

A study of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps.

The Atlas of Irish History tells the story of the Irish past in graphic cartography, beautifully rendered and augmented by an authoritative text. It is an essential basic reference tool for any student of the Irish past.

The attack on London between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the city's modern history, the impact of which can still be seen in its urban and social landscapes. This title includes an introduction to the historical context.

5 stars

Ayesha Ramachandran tells a new story about a familiar phenomenon: how the world” as a cultural key word was reimagined in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Before the world” in its totality as seen from the Moon became an undisputed fact, how did European philosophers, scientists, mapmakers, and writers imagine an all-encompassing global vision in the wake of their encounter with the New World. The Worldmakers” moves beyond histories of globalization to explore how the world” itselfvariously understood as an object of inquiry, a comprehensive category, and a system of orderwas self-consciously shaped by human makers through rhetoric, aesthetics, poiesis,” and the speculative imagination. Gathering a diverse cast of characters, from Dutch cartographers and French philosophers to and Portuguese and English poets, Ramachandran describes a literary and visual history of firsts”: the first world atlas, the first modern essay, the first global epic, and the first modern attempt to develop a systematic natural philosophyall this in an effort by early modern thinkers to capture the world” on the page. It will be read eagerly by students of comparative early modern European literature, history and philosophy of science, and cartographic and intellectual history.

A map of the Elizabethan London. It offers an insight into the geography of the capital and lives of its inhabitants. It features the infamous Tower of London, a bear baiting arena, the Charterhouse monastery, the monument at Chary-ncros, Old St Paul's Cathedral and even local wildlife in the grassy fields north of Holborn.

On reverse: map of Jerusalem center and index to street names.,

A full colour map, based on an Ordnance Survey map of 1928, with buildings and sites of interest picked out.

Originally published in 1974 under the title: The atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Seasoned traveller Francisca Matteoli tells twenty surprising stories about our world's geography, and, using unexpectedly beautiful vintage maps, introduces the most magical places on Earth.

Scotland's clans, tartans and family names shown on a large map - officially approved by the Scottish Tartans Authority. This beautifully illustrated map is both decorative and informative.