Map Man

William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition (1809) (2x6)

Air date: Oct 10, 2005

Nicholas Crane examines the first Ordnance Survey map. The epic task of plotting out an entire nation to a scale of one inch to one mile fell to Lieutenant William Mudge, who began the project in Kent and Essex before moving on to Devon - the most likely targets for French attack during the Napoleonic era.