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Maps
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: James R. Akerman
Categories: Cartography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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Introducing readers to a wide range of maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures, this book confirms the vital roles of maps throughout history
Theater of the World
Language: en
Pages: 371
Authors: Thomas Reinertsen Berg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-04 - Publisher: Hachette UK

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A beautifully illustrated full-color history of mapmaking across centuries -- a must-read for history buffs and armchair travelers. Theater of the World offers
The Image of the World
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Peter Whitfield
Categories: Cartography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Pomegranate Communications

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Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing th
A History of the World in 12 Maps
Language: en
Pages: 547
Authors: Jerry Brotton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-28 - Publisher: Penguin

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A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points, the ruler to administer his country, the wa
The World Through Maps
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: John R. Short
Categories: Cartography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Firefly Books

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An illustrated history of maps and mapmaking, including reproductions of 200 antique maps.