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Maptour: The Printed Word 1752 – 1900
Newspaper Details


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Map: Newspapers, 1891

Try This:

  • Keep open the map “Newspapers, 1891.”
  • On the DATA SELECT toolbar, click on the Identify tool and then click on any isolated square symbol on the map.

Notice ...

  • A pop-up box opens, giving the name of the newspaper published in that town in 1891.

Try This:

  • Now, click on the Table tool and then drag a rectangle around a cluster of squares on the map to select them.

Notice ...

  • A table box opens, giving details of the newspapers published in the selected (and named) towns.

Consider!

  • Circulation seems tiny by standards of the 21st century.
  • Many opportunities exist for analysing the press in the Victorian era.