{"id":1787829,"date":"2019-09-26T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787829"},"modified":"2019-09-26T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:16:18","slug":"out-next-week-the-a-z-history-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/out-next-week-the-a-z-history-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Next Week: The A-Z History of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Out next week from Collins<\/a>: The A-Z History of London<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a coffee table book by Philip Parker that looks at the last century of maps of London. Londonist<\/em> has some examples<\/a>. Ollie O\u2019Brien\u2019s review at Mapping London<\/em><\/a> explains what the book is about: \u201cWhat the book is not, is (just) a history of the A to Z map. Rather, it is a book about the history and geography of London, with A to Z maps used to frame the narrative.\u201d [Amazon<\/a>, Apple Books<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Parker is also the author of History of Britain in Maps<\/em><\/a> (Collins<\/a>, 2017); his History of Britain in 12 Maps<\/em><\/a> (Michael Joseph<\/a>) has apparently been pushed back to June 2020. (I need to update the Map Books of 2019<\/a> page.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out next week from Collins: The A-Z History of London, a coffee table book by Philip Parker that looks at the last century of maps of London. Londonist has some examples. Ollie O\u2019Brien\u2019s review at… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,35],"tags":[510,30,54,166],"class_list":["post-1787829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-history","tag-a-z","tag-books","tag-cities","tag-london","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2071,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/05\/a-z-maps-colouring-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":0},"title":"A-Z Maps Colouring Book","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 May 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"There are more map colouring books out there than I realized (I'm going to have to compile a list). For example, A-Z Maps'\u00a0Maps: A Colouring Book, which came out last October.\u00a0From the publisher: \"This adult\u00a0colouring book includes a number of street maps from around Great Britain including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"az-maps-colouring","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/az-maps-colouring-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2124,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/a-z-adventure-atlas-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":1},"title":"A-Z Adventure Atlas Series","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"London Hiker reviews the A-Z Adventure Atlas series of maps. \"They contain 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey maps, but in a book format, like the A-Z street map books you\u2019re probably used to. [...]\u00a0Many of the new A-Z style map books are extremely convenient and are fast becoming a favourite with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sport & Recreation"","block_context":{"text":"Sport & Recreation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/sport-recreation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"az-adventure-atlas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/az-adventure-atlas-300x279.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5783,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/06\/finding-longitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":2},"title":"Finding Longitude","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 June 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"Major map exhibitions are frequently accompanied by lavishly illustrated books: London: A Life in Maps and the Magnificent Maps exhibitions had their eponymous books (London: A Life in Maps and Magnificent Maps), and the Chicago Festival of Maps was accompanied by Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. No surprise,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Navigation"","block_context":{"text":"Navigation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/navigation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5912,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/londonist-mapped\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":3},"title":"Londonist Mapped","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 November 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Londonist Mapped: Hand Drawn Maps for the Curious Explorer came out last month from AA Publishing. (It'll be out in North America next February.)\u00a0Londonist describes their book thusly: \"The book presents dozens of beautiful maps of the capital, from historic plans to specially commissioned art. Here you'll find maps of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/londonist-mapped.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/londonist-mapped.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/londonist-mapped.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/londonist-mapped.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2035,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/05\/greater-london-a-z-street-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":4},"title":"Greater London A-Z Street Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 May 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"It shouldn't surprise me that there's a mobile version of the\u00a0London A-Z Street Atlas. There are, in fact, several, the most recent of which is the Greater London A-Z Street Map, which covers some 3,743 km2 of territory and stores all its maps\u2014the same maps you'd get in the paper\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"greater-az","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/greater-az-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5766,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/01\/two-more-map-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787829,"position":5},"title":"Two More Map Books","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 January 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"Two more map books, this time of an academic bent: London: The Selden Map and the Making of a Global City, 1549-1689 by Robert K. Batchelor (University of Chicago Press, 1\/14). Batchelor uses the information on the Selden Map to demonstrate how the city of London \"flourished because of its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787831,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787829\/revisions\/1787831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}