Swansea & NeathHistoric Map Mug
Swansea & Neath Historic Map Mug
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- Printed to order in Britain
- Reproduced from the original in the National Library of Scotland
- Arrives with a card naming the sheet, the survey and the year
A mug of Swansea, reproduced from Bartholomew's distinctive Half-Inch mapping.
What this map covers
This map of Swansea reaches into the surrounding area, including Neath and Port Talbot.
About this map
This artwork is cropped from Sheet 27 · Swansea, 1904, focusing the original cartography around Swansea rather than reproducing the complete historic sheet.
Its 1:126,720 scale, two miles to the inch, sits between detailed local survey mapping and much smaller national maps. The Half-Inch series was designed to make a wide area useful to the traveller, showing how settlements, routes, and terrain fitted together rather than concentrating on property-level detail.
Bartholomew drew on more detailed Ordnance Survey material, selecting and supplementing information for its own cartographic purpose; complete Half-Inch coverage of Great Britain was achieved in 1903. The interest is often in the regional pattern: how a town relates to neighbouring places, transport routes, water, and higher ground. This particular source was published in 1904.
About the product
Made to order. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
- 11 oz · 229 × 95 mm print area
- white ceramic
- 11oz capacity
- straight-sided profile
- wraparound exterior print
- protective polished ceramic glaze
- dye-sublimation printing
- Dishwasher and microwave safe.
A note on map detail
The original map was printed at approximately 1:127,000. This artwork is reproduced at approximately 1:100,000, around 1.3× larger, making the original cartography and place names easier to see.
Historic map detail varies with product size and material. Use the listing close-ups as your guide to the exact crop and level of detail.
Map source
Historic map image: National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/
Cartography: John Bartholomew & Co.
About There & Then
There & Then brings archival cartography back into everyday use, creating pieces designed to be seen and lived with at home.
Swansea · Neath · Port Talbot
- Map
- Bartholomew
- Year
- 1904
- Original
- National Library of Scotland