Historical Maps and Atlases

Over 200 fiendish puzzles to find out who will be the ultimate map-master!

A full colour map showing London in about 1520 - its many churches, monasteries, legal inns, guild halls, and a large number of substantial private houses, in the context of the streets and alleyways that survived the Great Fire and can still be discovered.

The most beautiful Victorian maps of England's counties and cities - in large format - by one of Britain's great cartographer's Thomas Moule.

This book explores stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography still thrives today.

Historic WWII reproduction map. A detailed map of Normandy at a scale of 1:200,000 showing the main sites of the summer 1944 battle. This map is an antique-feeling reproduction of the map originally published by Michelin in 1947. The main map includes place names and features special icons denoting battle dates and parachute drops, as well as an inset showing the broader movements of the military forces.

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.

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A compilation of important, dramatic, beautiful and inspirational historic maps

A full colour map based on a digitising of a large-scale map of York surveyed in 1850. The map shows the main medieval and post-medieval buildings in this attractive and interesting city including the Minster , York Castle (Clifford's Tower), St mary's Abbey and the well-known city walls.

Atlas is the definitive printed showcase of the British Library's extensive and unparalleled map collection.

A magnificent full-colour collection of military maps of Scotland, spanning a period of 500 years, and covering all parts of the country.

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

Examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery. This title recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world.

Published specially by After the Battle to coincide with the suspension of Allied occupation rights in Berlin in October 1990, this map was produced in 1944 by the War Office and lists the location and use of all important buildings in Berlin to be used in the occupation of the city.

A visually stunning collection featuring 80 maps, with accompanying text, from the National Library of Scotland and Glasgow University, many of which are reproduced in book form for the first time/

What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo".

Over 100 important maps from the mid-sixteenth century to the present day are illustrated and discussed. London: A Life in Maps has been a bestseller since its first publication in 2006 and has now been redesigned and updated for a new audience.

A fascinating, illustrated history of forts and castles from their earliest origins to the 20th century.

300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves.

A comprehensive atlas of the Peninsular War, the series of campaigns in Spain and Portugal between Napoleonic France and British forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington. It examines and explains the sequence of battles and the course of the war.