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McAdam, John Loudon,
1

McCulloch, John,
1

MacGowan, John,
1

MacGregor, Robert (Rob Roy),
1

Mackenzie Sr, Murdoch,
1
;

Nautical Survey of the Orkney Islands and Hebrides
,
1

Maclaurin, Colin,
1

MacPherson, James,
1

Malkin, Benjamin Heath,
1
;

Father’s Memoirs of his Child
,
1

Malkin, Thomas Williams,
1

Malvern,
1

Mangan, James Clarence,
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,
2
,
3

Manson, John,
1

map-makers: as antiquarians,
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;

enjoying positive experiences,
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,
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,
3
;

as spies,
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;

trials and tribulations of,
1
,
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,
3
,
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,
5
;

unpopularity among general populace,
1
;

unpopularity in Ireland,
1

individual mapmakers are listed by surname

mapping: with alidade and plane-table,
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,
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,
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,
4
;

and availability of data,
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,
2
;

metaphorical,
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,
2
;

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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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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;

see also
cartography; interior surveying, general; triangulation

maps: appearance of,
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,
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,
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,
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;

and art,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and digital technology,
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,
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,
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early British,
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,
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;

and Enlightenment,
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,
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,
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,
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errors in,
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,
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,
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,
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;

and literature,
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;

publication process,
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,
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,
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;

recognition of military need for,
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,
2
;

scales,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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;

see also
mapping; maps; individual maps are listed under their titles and the surnames of their principal creators

Marie Antoinette,
1
,
2

Mark, George,
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,
2

Martello towers,
1

Martin, Ellis,
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Maskelyne, Nevil,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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‘An Account of Observations Made on the Mountain Schehallion for Finding its Attraction’,
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;

Nautical Almanac
,
1

Mason, Charles,
1
,
2

Maton, William George,
1
;

ObservationsRelative Chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque 
Scenery and Antiquities of the Western Counties of 
England
,
1

Maupertius, Pierre Louis Moreau de,
1

May Hill, Gloucestershire,
1

Mealy, Ann Elizabeth,
1

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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,
3

Menzies, William,
1

meridian arcs, measurement of,
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,
2
,
3

metre unit of measurement,
1

Metropolitan Sanitary Commission,
1
,
2

militarisation of landscape,
1
,
2

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),
1

militia, xiv,
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,
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,
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,
4

Militia Act (1757),
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Milton,
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,
2

Minden, Battle of,
1

Misterton Carr,
1
,
2

Moelfre,
1

Montgolfier, Joseph and Jacques,
1

Montlambert,
1

Morning Chronicle
,
1
,
2

Morris, Lewis,
1

Mortella Point, Corsica,
1

Mostyn, John Armstrong,
1
;

Scotch Atlas
,
1

Mount Pleasant House, Thanet,
1

mountains: classification,
1
.n2;

gravitational attraction,
1
;

volume,
1
;

Munros,
1
;

individual mountains are listed by name

Mountjoy House, Phoenix Park,
1

Mudge, Jane (sister of William),
1

Mudge, Jane (wife of John),
1

Mudge, Jenny (daughter of William),
1

Mudge, John (father of William),
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,
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,
3
,
4
,
5

Mudge, Margaret Jane (née Williamson) (wife of William),
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,
2

Mudge, Richard Zachariah (son of William),
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,
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,
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,
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,
5

Mudge, Thomas (uncle of William),
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,
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,
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Mudge Jr, Thomas (cousin of William),
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,
2

Mudge, William,
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;

appointed director of Ordnance Survey,
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,
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,
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background and character,
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,
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;

joins Board of Ordnance,
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,
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remeasures Hounslow Heath base,
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,
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;

and primary triangulation,
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and secondary triangulation,
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