The Gough Map

My Final Paper: The Gough Map

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September 16th 2009
See this essay on google docs here: The Bodleian Library’s Gough Map The Bodleian Library Map Room is home to many historically valuable and fascinating maps, but none quite like the Gough Map. Dated within ten years of 1360, the Gough Map is reputed to be the earliest road map of Great Britain. Surprisin ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more