{"id":1834120,"date":"2024-09-18T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1834120"},"modified":"2024-09-18T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:25:27","slug":"two-map-books-from-the-bodleian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/09\/two-map-books-from-the-bodleian\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Map Books from the Bodleian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some coverage of two map books published earlier this year by Bodleian Library. First, Atlas Obscura<\/em> interviews Kris Butler<\/a>, whose Drink Maps in Victorian Britain<\/strong><\/a><\/em> looks at how the temperance movement used maps to fight excessive alcohol consumption. They were, apparently, directly inspired by John Snow\u2019s cholera map. From the interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drink maps were specific to targeting the U.K. magistrates, to try to get these lawmakers to stop granting licenses. So it had a really specific legislative, regulatory goal. […] In one case [in 1882, in the borough of Over Darwen in Lancashire,\u00a0England], after looking at a drink map, the magistrates decided to close half of the places to buy alcohol. Their rationale was, even if we close half of these, you still don\u2019t have to walk more than two minutes to buy another beer, which I just think is the most beautiful rationale I\u2019ve ever read. It was challenged, and it held up on appeal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Bodleian\u2019s own Map Room Blog (no relation) points<\/a> to Debbie Hall\u2019s Adventures in Maps<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, a book about maps and travel and exploration. From the book listing: \u201cThe twenty intriguing journeys and routes featured in this book range from distances of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and space. Some describe the route that a traveller followed, some are the results of exploration and others were made to show future travellers the way to go, accompanied by useful and sometimes very beautiful maps.\u201d I reviewed Debbie Hall\u2019s Treasures from the Map Room<\/em><\/a> (also no relation) in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adventures in Maps<\/strong><\/em> by Debbie Hall: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(Canada<\/a>,\u00a0UK<\/a>) |\u00a0Bookshop<\/a>
Drink Maps in Victorian Britain<\/strong><\/em> by Kris Butler: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(Canada<\/a>,\u00a0UK<\/a>) |\u00a0Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: Map Books of 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some coverage of two map books published earlier this year by Bodleian Library. 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