For many years after its foundation in 1791, the Ordnance Survey was mainly concerned with making small scale military maps of England. The department had no de…
This is a cultural and intellectual history of the Ordnance Survey, which mapped Ireland from 1824 to 1846. Captain Thomas Larcom of the Survey intended to prod…
This book aims to introduce the local history practitioner to the world of maps – the special character (and appeal) of maps as an historical source, why they a…
This comprehensively illustrated book charts the exceptional impact that a small group of land surveyors had on the development of Dublin city during the eighte…
