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10 Maps we are talking about

Get your cartographic fix right here with these 10 maps that have caught our attention recently:

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We are celebrating this map’s 165th birthday. It was originally published on 2nd May 1859 by Edward Stanford.

The map catches the country in an interesting stage of its history, just before the unification, and still shows the individual states: the Kingdom of Piedmont – Sardinia, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, etc, all in different colours. Hachures are used to show the spine of the Apennines and other mountainous regions.

Interesting insets show enlargements of the environs of Venice, Genoa and Naples with Vesuvius, and another panel presents the whole of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which then still included Lombardy and north-eastern Italy.

This reproduction is Print on Demand so is available in other sizes.

Map of the Month: London Greenground Map

Our Map of the Month for May is the London Greenground Map by graphic designer and map maker Helen Ilus.

Exclusive to Stanfords this Spring/ Summer.

The London Greenground Map is the largest greenground map to date – connecting 1,200 green spaces with 20 inspirational lines for exploring the London-wide network of parks, rivers, nature reserves, woods and wetlands. Covering all London boroughs so that every neighbourhood can find nature on their doorstep.

Happy Trig Week/ Our bestselling OS Explorer Maps

On 18 April 1936 a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Ashby and began the retriangulation of Great Britain.

That trig pillar is still standing 88 years on, along with thousands more around the country. Still much loved by walkers today, Trig Bagging is a growing hobby. Just search for the red triangles on your Ordnance Survey maps.

If you fancy going Trig Bagging, here are our bestselling Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps of 2024 (so far):

IMIA Map Industry Summit 2024

Yesterday we celebrated the International Map Industry Association (IMIA) Industry Summit sponsored by Harper Collins. Following the Mapping Forum at the Harper Collins offices, we hosted the third annual Industry Social in our Stanfords Covent Garden store.

The IMIA Summit is a fantastic opportunity to network with other members and associates and reflect on industry trends.

We had a great time connecting with industry colleagues over drinks while looking at our extensive map collection and participating in a fun Map Quiz.

If you are interested in joining the IMIA and joining us at events like this you can do so via this link: imiamaps.org/how-to-join

NEW MAP: Women’s History London Map

This new map has conveniently arrived on our shelves just in time for International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day.

Explore London through the lens of women’s history. This Women’s History London Map highlights 50 statues, sculptures, blue plaques, gravestones, buildings and monuments – dedicated to women such as Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Virginia Woolf, Aphra Benn, Ada Lovelace and Phillis Wheatley.

With an introduction and descriptions by Katie Wignall, author, city history tour guide and Londoner, and original photography by Jo Underhill, the map guide is a companion to begin exploring the lives of some of London’s most impactful women, and to inspire the next generation to continue their work.

Women’s History London Map is available now for £9.95

Map of the Month: The Ultimate UK Cycle Route Planner

‘It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.’- Hemmingway

Our Map of the Month for March is The Ultimate UK Cycle Route Planner.

This best selling UK cycle publication gives an overview of all the main signed UK cycle routes – the only publication that has all these together on one single map.

This map features:

120th Anniversary of the Stanford’s Map of the Siberian Railway

One of the most popular maps in our cartographic archive, The Stanford’s Map of the Siberian Railway was first published by Edward Stanford, Long Acre on the 1st February 1904 making this year its 120th anniversary.

“Not only is this a geographical map, it’s a historical one. A moment in time as well as space.” –Colin Thubron.

Depicting the great land route to China and Korea, this vital rail route was also known as the Moscow Highway or the Tea Route because of the large quantities of tea exported from China. It connected European Russia to Siberia and China.

European Cycling Maps

“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.” -Ernest Hemingway.

If you are feeling inspired to plan a cycling adventure, here are some of our favourite cycling maps to take you around Europe.

When is a Map Political? by Adam Dant

Adam Dant’s Political Maps is an all-new collection of intricate, absorbing and beautiful maps, focused on the world of politics. Informed by his experiences as the official artist of the UK general election in 2015, these glorious works of art are amusing and subversive, hugely imaginative and packed with eye-catching detail.

Here, the artist and cartographer Adam Dant tells us what makes a map political:

Map of the Month: CartDeco Earth Map

Our Map of the Month for June 2022 is the Earth Wall Map by CartDeco.

This map has been five years in the making, going through many iterations and checks to make this one of the finest map of our planet on the market. The details have been meticulously checked with an emphasis on including indigenous place names where appropriate, in particular in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.