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Mapmakers: A History of Great Britain Through Ordnance Survey by Ordnance Survey #literature soul and salaryDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026 Ordnance Survey is the home of British mapmaking. Its history dates to 1745, when a twenty one year old engineer was tasked with a small scale military survey of Scotland. Mapmakers brings to life this illustrious archive in a beautiful book that tells the story of the changing shape of Britain. These are stories of religion, stories of changing industry, stories of politics and infrastructure, and stories of ourselves