# Mapmakers

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- Book: [Mapmakers](https://www.bookquiver.com/will-millard/mapmakers) ([Mapmakers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/will-millard/mapmakers.md))
- Authors: [Will Millard](https://www.bookquiver.com/will-millard), [Ordnance Survey](https://www.bookquiver.com/ordnance-survey)
- Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- ISBN: 978-13-9962-584-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2026-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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 - where and why we move around this island, and how we do it. We find disappearing footpaths, mutilated maps, secretive smuggling paths and even a a collection of commemorative maps and images for Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee, made public here for the first time. The lavish, full-colour volume contains maps from throughout OS's lifetime as well as specially commissioned graphics showcasing the cutting edge in cartographical technology. Written by award-winning writer, broadcaster and expedition leader Will Millard, this is an unmissable record of how our landscape has changed - and how it might do so in the future.