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In the 1930s Phyllis Pearsall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Pearsall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Pearsall) walked 3000 miles of every street
by mtmail 2y ago
In the 1930s Phyllis Pearsall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Pearsall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Pearsall) walked 3000 miles of every street of London (23000), collected house numbers, to create a street atlas to sell. Took her 4 years of 18 hour days. The book title is "Mrs P's Journey". The whole history of early map making is fascinating.
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