Great Maps
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Great Maps
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Author : Jerry Brotton
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2014-09-01
Great Maps written by Jerry Brotton and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with Reference categories.
Great Maps takes a close look at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth. Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? In Great Maps, author and historian Jerry Brotton tells the hidden story behind more than 60 of the most significant maps from around the world, picking out key features, stories, and techniques in rich visual detail to reveal the inner meaning buried within the landscape. Maps are not just geographical data: they reflect a particular ideological, historical, or cultural context. Providing a unique insight into how mapmakers have used maps to shape and depict their world view, this beautifully illustrated book traces the development of human development and culture through its maps. From the earliest rock carvings to the latest geospatial technology, from ancient medieval mappae mundi to the first road atlas, Great Maps explores in stunning photographic detail how maps have influenced and reflected our world throughout history.
Great Maps
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Author : Jerry Brotton
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2014-08-18
Great Maps written by Jerry Brotton and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-18 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world! From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-have for all history and geography enthusiasts and explorers! Embark on a visual tour of the world’s finest maps! This fascinating world atlas book: • Analyses each map visually, with the help of pull-outs and graphic close-up details • Traces the history of maps chronologically, providing a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages • Tells the story behind each map — why it was created, who it was for, and how it was achieved • Profiles key cartographers, explorers and artists • Draws together navigation, propaganda, power, art and politics through the world's greatest maps Maps are much more than just geographical data. They are an accurate reflection of the culture and context of different time frames in history. This remarkable geography book puts cartography on the map! It tells the stories behind great maps through stunning pull-out details and reveals how they have helped people make sense of the world. Embark on a global adventure of a lifetime with this world map book and see our planet like never before! On this mind-blowing journey, you’ll encounter maps that show the way to heaven, depict lands with no sunshine, and even the world ocean floor. With incredible secret stories from British historian Jerry Brotton and insight into how mapmakers have expressed their world views, Great Maps is a welcome addition to any armchair cartographer’s bookshelf.
The Great Basin
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Author : Donald Grayson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-04-18
The Great Basin written by Donald Grayson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-18 with Nature categories.
Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Donald K. Grayson synthesizes what we now know about the past 25,000 years in the Great Basin—its climate, lakes, glaciers, plants, animals, and peoples—based on information gleaned from the region’s exquisite natural archives in such repositories as lake cores, packrat middens, tree rings, and archaeological sites. A perfect guide for students, scholars, travelers, and general readers alike, the book weaves together history, archaeology, botany, geology, biogeography, and other disciplines into one compelling panorama across a truly unique American landscape.
Mapping
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Author : David Greenhood
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1964-02-15
Mapping written by David Greenhood and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964-02-15 with Art categories.
Part I. Getting the Most Out of Maps1. How to Find Places: Coordinates2. The Versatile Plane: Great Circles3. This Little Means That Much: Distance4. The Rose of the Winds: Directions5. Making Molehills Out of Mountains: Content6. Flat Maps with Round Meanings: ProjectionsPart II. Making Your Own7. Basing Maps on Other Maps: Compilation8. Basing Maps upon the Ground: Survey9. Treasures, Tools, and Materials: EquipmentAppendix. Useful FiguresIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Mapping Europe S Borderlands
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Author : Steven Seegel
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-05-14
Mapping Europe S Borderlands written by Steven Seegel and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-14 with History categories.
The simplest purpose of a map is a rational one: to educate, to solve a problem, to point someone in the right direction. Maps shape and communicate information, for the sake of improved orientation. But maps exist for states as well as individuals, and they need to be interpreted as expressions of power and knowledge, as Steven Seegel makes clear in his impressive and important new book. Mapping Europe’s Borderlands takes the familiar problems of state and nation building in eastern Europe and presents them through an entirely new prism, that of cartography and cartographers. Drawing from sources in eleven languages, including military, historical-pedagogical, and ethnographic maps, as well as geographic texts and related cartographic literature, Seegel explores the role of maps and mapmakers in the East Central European borderlands from the Enlightenment to the Treaty of Versailles. For example, Seegel explains how Russia used cartography in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and, later, formed its geography society as a cover for gathering intelligence. He also explains the importance of maps to the formation of identities and institutions in Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania, as well as in Russia. Seegel concludes with a consideration of the impact of cartographers’ regional and socioeconomic backgrounds, educations, families, career options, and available language choices.
News From Belgium
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
News From Belgium written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with categories.
History In Black
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Author : Yaacov Shavit
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2001
History In Black written by Yaacov Shavit and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The effort to trace the origins of human culture to Africa, rather than to Greece as dominant European thought has long contended, says Shavit (history of the Jewish people, Tel Aviv U.), is part of obsession with initial sources--a reaction to white western supremacy--that glosses over the vast web of transmission and borrowing that comprises the history of culture. Like European origin myths, he agrees that it has value for the self-awareness of African Americans and their status in society. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Parliamentary Papers
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Bills, Legislative categories.
Minutes
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Author : Great Britain. Committee on Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
Minutes written by Great Britain. Committee on Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with categories.
The Railroad And Engineering Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Railroad And Engineering Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Civil engineering categories.