The Centenary of the Society's Drawing Office

Abstract

After using the services of well-known cartographers in the early days, the RGS set up a drawing office of its own in 1878, appointing the first draughtsman in May of that year. Since that time, the Drawing Office has increased in size and scope, and the techniques and equipment available to the draughtsmen have changed greatly, too. Apart from its normal work of providing illustrations for the papers in the Journal and other RGS publications, maps for lecturers, and calligraphy for handwritten addresses and certificates, the Drawing Office has undertaken a variety of important commissions over the years, producing maps for different purposes, some of which were required for operations during the Second World War.

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