Abstract
THE Ordnance Survey has produced a beautifully printed map which leaves little to be desired in the way of cartographical skill and excellence in reproduction. Surface relief is shown by layer colouring in green and brown. The contours are at 200, 400, 800, 1200, and 2000 feet. Rivers, lakes, and water names are in blue; other names are in black. No submarine relief is shown. The addition of this would improve the map for educational purposes. Some criticism may be offered with regard to the names. These are comparatively few in number; this is certainly an advantage, but a few more names of physical features might have been inserted. The fine black type used for these names does not obscure the map, and we miss such names as Charnwood Forest, Solway Plain, Fenland, Forest Ridges, or Aire Gap. The system on which the town names, printed in heavy black, have been selected is not very apparent. Such towns as Oldham, Sunderland, Gainsboro', Yarmouth, and Goole, to mention only a few large places, are omitted while many relatively unimportant names are to be found. The nearest towns to Manchester to be found on the map are Buxton, Liverpool, and Northwich, while in other less populated parts of the country the names are more crowded. No administrative names and no communications are marked. The low price is noteworthy.
Physical Map of England and Wales, 1:1,000,000.
Size 34½ in. × 26 in. (Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1922.) 2s. (Not less than 20 copies for educational purposes, 1s. each.)
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Physical Map of England and Wales, 1:1,000,000. Nature 109, 548 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109548b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109548b0