Mapping the World
Title | Mapping the World PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph E. Ehrenberg |
Publisher | National Geographic Society |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"This book highlights more than a hundred maps from every era and every part of the world. Organized chronologically, they display an astonishing variety of cartographic styles and techniques. They range from priceless artistic masterworks like the 1507 Waldseemuller world map, the first to use the name "America, " to such practical artifacts as a Polynesian stick chart, a creation of bent twigs, seashells, and coconut palms that was nevertheless capable of guiding an outrigger canoe safely across thousands of miles of trackless and seemingly endless ocean. Some, like the portolans, or sea charts, of the Age of Discovery, were closely guarded state secrets that shaped the rise and fall of empires; others circulated widely and showed such fabled routes as the Silk Road across western Asia and the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails that opened up the American West."--Jacket.
Mapping the World Set
Title | Mapping the World Set PDF eBook |
Author | Grolier |
Publisher | Grolier, Incorporated |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780717256198 |
A eight volume reference set that provides a history of map making, describes the different types of maps, their purpose and the techniques used to make them, plus the meaning of some of the symbols and how to use them to read maps.
Mapping the World Differently
Title | Mapping the World Differently PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Christina Ramos |
Publisher | Universitat de València |
Total Pages | 154 |
Release | 2017-07-26 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 8491341641 |
This book examines the rich collection of travel writing about Spain by twentieth-century African American writers as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Frank Verby, surveying the ways in which such authors perceive Spain's place in the world. From the vantage point of Spain, these African American writers create transformative literary maps of the world that invite readers to reconsider their relations to others.
Mapping the World
Title | Mapping the World PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Laffon |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781554077816 |
An illustrated history of cartogrphy and what it reveals about the world around us.
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World (Maps for Curious Minds)
Title | Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the World (Maps for Curious Minds) PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Wright |
Publisher | The Experiment, LLC |
Total Pages | 181 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1615196269 |
A singular atlas of 100 infographic maps from thought-provoking to flat-out fun. And don’t miss the next book in the series, North American Maps for Curious Minds! Publisher’s note: Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds was published in the UK under the title Brilliant Maps. Which countries don’t have rivers? Which ones have North Korean embassies? Who drives on the “wrong” side of the road? How many national economies are bigger than California’s? And where can you still find lions in the wild? You’ll learn answers to these questions and many more in Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds. This one-of-a-kind atlas is packed with eye-opening analysis (Which nations have had female leaders?), whimsical insight (Where can’t you find a McDonald’s?), and surprising connections that illuminate the contours of culture, history, and politics. Each of these 100 maps will change the way you see the world—and your place in it.
Mapping Penny's World
Title | Mapping Penny's World PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2000-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0805061789 |
After learning about maps in school, Lisa maps all the favorite places of her dog Penny.
Mapping the World
Title | Mapping the World PDF eBook |
Author | Sylvia A. Johnson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Cartography |
ISBN | 0689818130 |
A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world.