History of Britain in maps - Philip Parker

Discover the history of the United Kingdom through maps

From Mappa Mundi to modern election maps, the United Kingdom has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which it has been mapped. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, more than 90 maps give a visual representation of the history of Britain.

Every map tells a story and this book tells the incredible history of Britain through maps, and includes many famous examples of cartography, along with some that deserve to be better known. See the establishment of Great Britain, the British Empire expand, the impact of World Wars and the latest statistical mapping.

Maps include
Rudge Cup (schematic map of western forts on Hadrian's Wall), 2nd century AD
Matthew Paris map of the Anglian Heptarchy (Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms), c. 1250
Gough map of Britain, 1360
Cambriae Typus, first published map of Wales, 1573
Raven maps of the Ulster Plantations, 1622
Enclosure map (eg of Norfolk, c. 1800)
Booth Poverty Map of London, 1886
Map of Beeching cuts to Britain's railways, 1963
Map of EU Referendum voting patterns, 2016