A History of Railways in 100 Maps, 9780712355018
Hardcover
Explore the world’s railways, past, present, and future, in 100 maps.

A History of Railways in 100 Maps

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    28 February 2025

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Summary

Continuing the thematic strand of the successful and proven British Library ‘100 Maps’ series, this new volume traces the fully international history of railways from their beginnings in the north-west of England through to the inter-continental lines of today.

Arranged chronologically, and with some 140 newly photographed maps and ephemera from the British Library’s cartographic holdings, A History of Railways in 100 Maps explores both the progress of the railways and railway infrast…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780712355018
ISBN-10:0712355014
Author:Jeremy Black
Publisher:British Library Publishing
Imprint:British Library Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:28 February 2025
Weight:1.66kg
Dimensions:36mm x 291mm x 231mm
About The Author

Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black, internationally known historian and Professor of History at the University of Exeter, is the author of The Cold War: A Military History, Rethinking World War Two: The Conflict and its Legacy and Metropolis: Mapping the City, among many others. He is also a keen writer on maps and their history and is the author of the award- winning The History of the Second World War in 100 Maps which was selected as the year’s Best Reference Pick by the Library Journal in 2020.

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