Maps And History In South-West England

Edited by Roger Kain Edited by Katherine Barker Contributions by Jennifer Bake Contributions by Katherine Barker Contributions by John Chapman Contributions by Graham Haslam Contributions by Roger Kain Contributions by Richard Oliver Contributions by William Ravenhill

Book cover: Maps And History In South-West England

Extent: 159 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Reference: Cartography, Dictionaries, & Encyclopedias

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 1991)

ISBN: 9780859893732

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $22.00

In stock

This volume of essays considers the practical and political purposes for which maps were used, the symbolic and ideological roles of maps in the history of South-Western England and the ways in which map evidence can be used to recover facts about the past for use in the writing of history. It is accompanied by 43 pages of maps and illustrations.


This volume of essays considers the practical and political purposes for which maps were used, the symbolic and ideological roles of maps in the history of South-Western England and the ways in which map evidence can be used to recover facts about the past for use in the writing of history. The text is accompanied by 43 pages of maps and illustrations.


  • Edited by Roger Kain
  • Edited by Katherine Barker
  • Contributions by Jennifer Bake
  • Contributions by Katherine Barker
  • Contributions by John Chapman
  • Contributions by Graham Haslam
  • Contributions by Roger Kain
  • Contributions by Richard Oliver
  • Contributions by William Ravenhill

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