Map of a Nation (85 page)

McAdam, John Loudon,
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McCulloch, John,
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MacGowan, John,
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MacGregor, Robert (Rob Roy),
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Mackenzie Sr, Murdoch,
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;

Nautical Survey of the Orkney Islands and Hebrides
,
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Maclaurin, Colin,
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MacPherson, James,
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Malkin, Benjamin Heath,
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Father’s Memoirs of his Child
,
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Malkin, Thomas Williams,
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Malvern,
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Mangan, James Clarence,
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Manson, John,
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map-makers: as antiquarians,
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enjoying positive experiences,
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as spies,
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trials and tribulations of,
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unpopularity among general populace,
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unpopularity in Ireland,
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individual mapmakers are listed by surname

mapping: with alidade and plane-table,
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and availability of data,
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metaphorical,
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and National Grid,
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and perspective,
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and picturesque,
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training and instruction in,
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see also
cartography; interior surveying, general; triangulation

maps: appearance of,
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and art,
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and digital technology,
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early British,
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and Enlightenment,
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errors in,
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and literature,
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publication process,
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recognition of military need for,
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scales,
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see also
mapping; maps; individual maps are listed under their titles and the surnames of their principal creators

Marie Antoinette,
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,
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Mark, George,
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,
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Martello towers,
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Martin, Ellis,
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Maskelyne, Nevil,
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‘An Account of Observations Made on the Mountain Schehallion for Finding its Attraction’,
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Nautical Almanac
,
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Mason, Charles,
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,
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Maton, William George,
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ObservationsRelative Chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque 
Scenery and Antiquities of the Western Counties of 
England
,
1

Maupertius, Pierre Louis Moreau de,
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May Hill, Gloucestershire,
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Mealy, Ann Elizabeth,
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measurement,
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see also
mapping; meridian arcs; metre unit of measurement; plane-tabling; triangulation

measuring chain
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see also
Gunter’s chain

Méchain, Pierre François André,
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,
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,
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Menzies, William,
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meridian arcs, measurement of,
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,
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metre unit of measurement,
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Metropolitan Sanitary Commission,
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,
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militarisation of landscape,
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,
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military
see
Artillery, Royal Regiment of; Board of Ordnance; Engineers, Corps of; Tower of London; uniform; individual battles are listed by name

Military Academy, High Wycombe
see
High Wycombe Military Academy

Military Academy, Woolwich
see
Woolwich, Royal Military Academy

Military Survey of Scotland (1747–55),
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militia, xiv,
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Militia Act (1757),
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Milton,
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,
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Minden, Battle of,
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Misterton Carr,
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,
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Moelfre,
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Montgolfier, Joseph and Jacques,
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Montlambert,
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Morning Chronicle
,
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,
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Morris, Lewis,
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Mortella Point, Corsica,
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Mostyn, John Armstrong,
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Scotch Atlas
,
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Mount Pleasant House, Thanet,
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mountains: classification,
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gravitational attraction,
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volume,
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;

Munros,
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;

individual mountains are listed by name

Mountjoy House, Phoenix Park,
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Mudge, Jane (sister of William),
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Mudge, Jane (wife of John),
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Mudge, Jenny (daughter of William),
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Mudge, John (father of William),
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Mudge, Margaret Jane (née Williamson) (wife of William),
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Mudge, Richard Zachariah (son of William),
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Mudge, Thomas (uncle of William),
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Mudge Jr, Thomas (cousin of William),
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Mudge, William,
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appointed director of Ordnance Survey,
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background and character,
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joins Board of Ordnance,
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remeasures Hounslow Heath base,
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and primary triangulation,
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and secondary triangulation,
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