Most Awesome Maps Ever. [now with a link to on-line version!]

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Just so you know, this really isn't OT.

I wasn't sure.... I changed the thread name to reflect such.

joe b.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I had no idea such a thing existed and now i'm trying to find other maps like this one. It's going to make writing MCS:I easier, and keep the historical information that much more accurate.

After reading this thread at work, I decided to head into the stacks and take a look through the map collection of the library where I work (University of Virginia), as I was curious to see if I could find this and take a look at it. We don't have the same edition you found, but we do have the 2nd & 3rd edition (1931 & 1956). With just a few more minutes of scanning the shelves, I found the following maps, which are all part of the same series (Ordnance Survey), and form a unified collection:

Britain In the Dark Ages (approx. 410 A.D. to 870 A.D.)
Southern Britain in the Iron Age (pre-Roman Britain)
Britain Before the Norman Conquest (approx. 870 A.D. to 1066)
Monastic Britain North Sheet (Monasticism from Norman Conquest to 1539)
Monastic Britain South Sheet(Monasticism from Norman Conquest to 1539)
Ancient Britain North Sheet (older than 1066 A.D.)
Ancient Britain South Sheet (older than 1066 A.D.)

All of these are beautiful maps, and would be a wonderful resource if you can find them. There are many, many more maps there as well, and I didn't even begin to look at the rest of them.

I'd suggest heading to the nearest university library and seeing what they have, or trying to get these through an interlibrary loan service. If you have to own them, I'm sure they pop up on ebay or other online booksellers as well. A quick search of "Ordnance Survey Roman Britain" on www.amazon.co.uk turnes up a new edition (2001).

OK, enough from me, I've said too much. I left work 5 hours ago, and I'm still doing reference searches... See what a librarian is good for?

 

[jgbrowning]

Re: Re: Most Awesome Maps Ever. [now with a link to on-line version!]

After reading this thread at work, I decided to head into the stacks and take a look through the map collection of the library where I work (University of Virginia), as I was curious to see if I could find this and take a look at it. We don't have the same edition you found, but we do have the 2nd & 3rd edition (1931 & 1956). With just a few more minutes of scanning the shelves, I found the following maps, which are all part of the same series (Ordnance Survey), and form a unified collection:

Britain In the Dark Ages (approx. 410 A.D. to 870 A.D.)
Southern Britain in the Iron Age (pre-Roman Britain)
Britain Before the Norman Conquest (approx. 870 A.D. to 1066)
Monastic Britain North Sheet (Monasticism from Norman Conquest to 1539)
Monastic Britain South Sheet(Monasticism from Norman Conquest to 1539)
Ancient Britain North Sheet (older than 1066 A.D.)
Ancient Britain South Sheet (older than 1066 A.D.)

All of these are beautiful maps, and would be a wonderful resource if you can find them. There are many, many more maps there as well, and I didn't even begin to look at the rest of them.

I'd suggest heading to the nearest university library and seeing what they have, or trying to get these through an interlibrary loan service. If you have to own them, I'm sure they pop up on ebay or other online booksellers as well. A quick search of "Ordnance Survey Roman Britain" on www.amazon.co.uk turnes up a new edition (2001).

OK, enough from me, I've said too much. I left work 5 hours ago, and I'm still doing reference searches... See what a librarian is good for?

Sweet. Cthulhu must be proud. I'll have to see about getting the others you mention.

joe b.