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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Somerset Mapped explores the different depictions of the ancient county of Somerset and its districts as it has been shown by mapmakers and cartographers across the centuries. Arranged chronologically this volume includes examples of maps plans and charts showing aspects of Somerset’s past from the Bronze Age to the present. Maps have been selected from archives libraries and private collections from across the country. One of the finest collections of maps of the county is owned by the Somerset Archaeo- logical and Natural History Society who have published this volume in association with Halsgrove. This book brings together a wide range of cartographic treasures from all periods of Somerset’s history. Different types of map are included: from thematic maps and charts and maps resulting from national schemes such as the tithe surveys to those produced by singleton surveyors such as the spectacular Elizabethan of the Mendips map Manuscript and printed maps are included in this volume. The work of obscure surveyors and map makers is brought to light alongside examples of well-known publishers such as the Ordnance Survey. (MP)