On The Map
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On The Map
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Author : Simon Garfield
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2012-10-04
On The Map written by Simon Garfield and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with Travel categories.
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. With a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter, Garfield explores the legendary, impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the Norse discovery of America, how a Venetian monk mapped the world from his cell and the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel. Along the way are pocket maps of dragons, Mars, murders and more, with plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the route. From the bestselling and widely-adored author of Just My Type, On The Map is a witty and irrepressible examination of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.
On The Map
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Author : David Boardman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01
On The Map written by David Boardman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01 with Maps categories.
Me On The Map
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Author : Joan Sweeney
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2018-09-18
Me On The Map written by Joan Sweeney and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-18 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Maps can show you where you are anywhere in the world! A beloved bestseller that helps children discover their place on the planet, now refreshed with new art from Qin Leng. Where are you? Where is your room? Where is your home? Where is your town? This playful introduction to maps shows children how easy it is to find where they live and how they fit in to the larger world. Filled with fun and adorable new illustrations by Qin Leng, this repackage of Me on the Map will show readers how easy it is to find the places they know and love with help from a map.
The Map Catalog
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Author : Joel Makower
language : en
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Release Date : 1990
The Map Catalog written by Joel Makower and has been published by Random House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Maps categories.
This unique sourcebook for map lovers is newly revised in a third edition that includes more maps than ever before. In addition to a profusion of road maps, aerial maps, geological maps, historical maps, weather maps, nautical maps, military maps, census maps, and astronomical maps, this third revised edition contains: -- the most current maps of Russia and Eastern Europe; -- a new section on the age of exploration; -- the most up-to-date information about map software; -- a completely new section on how to have a professional map made; -- the latest information about the new generation of maps based on the 1990 census. Whether you want maps of airports or zip codes, highways, hurricanes, or hidden treasure, The Map Catalog is the book for you. "From the Trade Paperback edition.
Falling Off The Map
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Author : Reshma S. Ruia
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2004
Falling Off The Map written by Reshma S. Ruia and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Voyages and travels categories.
Iyer Experiences And Depicts These Lonely Places With The Same Wit, Vitality And Insight That Distinguish His First Two Books And The Result Is A Memorable Gallery Of Countries Poignantly Isolated In Spirit And Time' San Francisco Examiner What Does The Elegant Nostalgia Of Argentina Have In Common With The Raffish Nonchalance Of Australia? And What Do Both These Countries Have In Common With North Korea? They Are All `Lonely Places' Cut Off From The Rest Of The World By Geography, Ideology Or Sheer Weirdness. And They Have All Attracted The Attention Of Pico Iyer. Whether He Is Documenting The Cruising Rites Of Icelandic Teenagers, Being Interrogated By Tipsy Cuban Police Or Summarizing The Plot Of Bhutan'S First Feature Film (`A $6500 Spectacular About A Star-Crossed Couple: She Dies, He Throws Himself On The Funeral Pyre, And Both Live Happily Ever After As An Ox And A Cow'), Iyer Is Always Uncannily Observant And Acerbically Funny.
A Compendious Treatise On The Use Of The Globes And Of Maps
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Author : John Lathrop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1812
A Compendious Treatise On The Use Of The Globes And Of Maps written by John Lathrop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1812 with Astronomy categories.
Atlas Of Imagined Places
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Author : Matt Brown
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2021-09-28
Atlas Of Imagined Places written by Matt Brown and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-28 with History categories.
WINNER, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Illustrated Travel Book of the Year. HIGHLY COMMENDED, British Cartographic Society Awards 2022. From Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot to the superhero land of Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, this is a wondrous atlas of imagined places around the world. Locations from film, tv, literature, myths, comics and video games are plotted in a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. The maps feature fictional buildings, towns, cities and countries plus mountains and rivers, oceans and seas. Ever wondered where the Bates Motel was based? Or Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life? The authors have taken years to research the likely geography of thousands of popular culture locations that have become almost real to us. Sometimes these are easy to work out, but other times a bit of detective work is needed and the authors have been those detectives. By looking at the maps, you'll find that the revolution at Animal Farm happened next to Winnie the Pooh's home. Each location has an an extended index entry plus coordinates so you can find it on the maps. Illuminating essays accompanying the maps give a great insight into the stories behind the imaginary places, from Harry Potter's wizardry to Stone Age Bedrock in the Flintstones. A stunning map collection of invented geography and topography drawn from the world’s imagination. Fascinating and beautiful, this is an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.
A Biography Of A Map In Motion
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Author : Christian J. Koot
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2018
A Biography Of A Map In Motion written by Christian J. Koot and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Reveals the little known history of one of history’s most famous maps – and its maker Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told. A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways of the Chesapeake to the workshops of London, where it was turned into a print and sold. Transported into coffee houses, private rooms, and government offices, Virginia and Maryland became an apparatus of empire that allowed English elites to imaginatively possess and accurately manage their Atlantic colonies. Investigating this map offers the rare opportunity to recapture the complementary and occasionally conflicting forces that created the British Empire. From the colonial and the metropolitan to the economic and the political to the local and the Atlantic, this is a fascinating exploration of the many meanings of a map, and how what some saw as establishing a sense of local place could translate to forging an empire.
From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow
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Author : Mark Monmonier
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15
From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow written by Mark Monmonier 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 2008-09-15 with Science categories.
Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw, Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily accepted any local preference for place names, prizing accurate representation over standards of decorum. Thus, summits such as Squaw Tit—which towered above valleys in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California—found their way into the cartographic annals. Later, when sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, town names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow probes this little-known chapter in American cartographic history by considering the intersecting efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Interweaving cartographic history with tales of politics and power, celebrated geographer Mark Monmonier locates his story within the past and present struggles of mapmakers to create an orderly process for naming that avoids confusion, preserves history, and serves different political aims. Anchored by a diverse selection of naming controversies—in the United States, Canada, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, and Antarctica; on the ocean floor and the surface of the moon; and in other parts of our solar system—From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow richly reveals the map’s role as a mediated portrait of the cultural landscape. And unlike other books that consider place names, this is the first to reflect on both the real cartographic and political imbroglios they engender. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow is Mark Monmonier at his finest: a learned analysis of a timely and controversial subject rendered accessible—and even entertaining—to the general reader.
Explanatory Text To Accompany The Geologic Map Of The United States
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Author : Philip B. King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Explanatory Text To Accompany The Geologic Map Of The United States written by Philip B. King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Geology categories.