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The Ionian Greeks produced the first maps in the classical tradition (Eratosthenes attributed the first map to Anaximander); the one shown to Cleomenes I of Sparta by Aristagoras of Miletus is one ...
Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey  

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A national mapping agency of the United Kingdom, established in 1791, and managed by the military for close to 100 years. Widely regarded as the best in the field of ...
Royal Society of Arts

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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)

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2009
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
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94 words

The RSA grew from the London‐based Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Its particular importance for local historians lies in its offer, made in ...

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