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Stanfords is a specialist bookshop of maps and travel books in London, established in 1853 by Edward Stanford. [1] Its collection of maps, globes, and maritime charts [2] is considered the world's largest. [3] It has also supplied cartography for the British Army and for James Bond films. [citation needed]
Detail of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster, from Stanford's 1862 map of London. Edward Stanford (27 May 1827 – 3 November 1904) was the founder of Stanfords, [1] now a pair of map and book shops based in London and Bristol, UK.
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The award is named after Edward Stanford and is sponsored by Stanfords, a travel books and map store established in London in 1853. The Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year is one of the two principal annual travel book awards in Britain, and the only one that is open to all writers. [1]
Philip & Son's map Mexico & Texas, 1853. During the early 1840s George Philip opened and ran a bookseller's and stationer's shop in South Castle Street, Liverpool, and it was during this period he laid the foundations for building and expanding his publishing empire from which he would eventually amass a substantial fortune. [3]
By 1906, their shop was at 135 Charing Cross Road and they were described as London's largest educational booksellers. [citation needed] By 1910, Foyles had added four suburban branches: at Harringay, Shepherd's Bush, Kilburn and Brixton. [7] [8] The former Foyles shop at 111–119 Charing Cross Road
White House's youngest press secretary Karoline Leavitt made her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday, saying that "the golden age of America has most definitely begun." "As you have seen during ...
The London Map Fair, established in 1980, is a two-day annual event traditionally held in June at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London. It brings together around 40 map dealers as exhibitors, and attracts hundreds of other dealers, curators and collectors from around the world. According to Ken Jennings, as of 2011 it was ...