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Geographers' A–Z Map Company was the official supplier of atlases and maps for the 2012 Olympic Games and 2012 Paralympic Games and produced detailed maps for the Olympic Park in Stratford, as well as all the other venues that were used during the games in London and throughout the United Kingdom.
English: Transport map of the historic county of Westmorland in England, in 1960, showing roads, railways, rivers and built-up areas. Inset highlights Westmorland among all the historic counties of England. Geographic limits: West: 3.21°W; East: 2.05°W; North: 54.72°N; South: 54.16°N; Key
English: Transport map of the historic county of Cumberland in England, in 1960, showing roads, railways, rivers and built-up areas. Inset highlights Cumberland among all the historic counties of England. Geographic limits: West: 3.66°W; East: 2.30°W; North: 55.20°N; South: 54.18°N; Key
The original draftsman's drawings for the area around St Columb Major in Cornwall, made in 1810. Detail from 1901 Ordnance Survey map of the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda (showing St. George's Town and St. George's Garrison), compiled from surveys carried out between 1897 and 1899 by Lieutenant Arthur Johnson Savage, Royal Engineers.
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
20 March – Lonnie Donegan's single "My Old Man's a Dustman" reaches No. 1 in the UK charts. [9] 26 March – The Grand National is televised for the first time. The winner is Merryman II. [10] 28 March – Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow. 19 firemen are killed in the UK's worst peacetime fire services disaster. [11]
All the one inch to one mile maps created by the Survey are available on-line for study at the Vision of Britain website created by the Great Britain Historical GIS, including the unpublished maps of upland Scotland which Stamp deposited with the Royal Geographical Society, plus the ten mile to one inch summary sheets. These maps are still the ...
The Campaign for Historic Counties is dedicated to campaigning, both in the public arena and among parliamentarians, for the restoration of historic counties. Their objectives are: [71] Maps, roads and addresses to included historic counties as standard; Removal of the word 'county' from all local council names