Remarkable Maps
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Remarkable Maps
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Author : John Owen Edward Clark
language : en
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
Release Date : 2005
Remarkable Maps written by John Owen Edward Clark and has been published by Conway Maritime Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cartography categories.
Cartography provides marvellous waypoints for changes in different cultures through history, both scientifically and artistically. It can also be an expression of political struggle and aspiration. Some maps have been weapons. Anyone who doubts this need only trace the bitter history of the Balkans. Some of the maps in this book had devastating consequences, such as the 1885 map of Africa that carved up the continent among the European colonial powers. Some maps are simply beautiful, such as the ‘Dream Time’ maps of the Australian Aborigines or the brilliantly engraved Dutch maps of the 16th century. Others are scientifically outstanding for various reasons, like William Smith’s geological map of England and Wales, the work of one man that profoundly changed our understanding of geological forces and at the same time revolutionised the science of paleontology. The maps considered here include pure works of the imagination, like the maps of Middle-Earth in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, surely the most mapped non-existent place ever. Some are sinister, even disturbing: consider the Nazi ‘Utopian’ city plan. What all the maps have is their own fascinating story. The cartographic achievement of Lewis and Clark in mapping the American West is one of the great adventures, as is the British mapping of all India – which took 60 years. While approachable as a series of extraordinary short stories, these maps are organized to explain the chronological development of cartography and to reveal the scientific and sometimes political background.
Groundbreakers
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Author : Anne-Rieke van Schaik
language : en
Publisher: Hannibal Books
Release Date : 2024
Groundbreakers written by Anne-Rieke van Schaik and has been published by Hannibal Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Art categories.
- Remarkable maps and atlases reveal the rich history of cartography in the Low Countries As well as showing a particular region and historical situation, an old map endlessly provokes new questions. In Groundbreakers, map historian Anne-Rieke van Schaik delves into the stories behind various maps, prints, atlases, globes and instruments from the Phoebus Foundation's world-famous collection. The objects tell of the glory days of the history of cartography, but also of darker matters, from the struggle against flooding and the Eighty Years' War to colonial expansion and the Belgian struggle for independence. Well-known mapmakers such as Gerard Mercator, Abraham Ortelius and Joan Blaeu are featured in addition to numerous anonymous surveyors and cartographers. Groundbreakers invites us to discover and question the history of cartography in the Netherlands, in order to explore and expand the horizons of our own world.
Catalogue Of Books Maps Plates On America And Of A Remarkable Collection Of Early Voyages
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Author : Frederik Muller & Cie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Catalogue Of Books Maps Plates On America And Of A Remarkable Collection Of Early Voyages written by Frederik Muller & Cie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with America categories.
The First Mapping Of America
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Author : Alex Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-23
The First Mapping Of America written by Alex Johnson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends.
Catalogue Of Books Maps Plates On America And Of A Remarkable Collection Of Early Voyages
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Author : Frederik Muller & Cie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Catalogue Of Books Maps Plates On America And Of A Remarkable Collection Of Early Voyages written by Frederik Muller & Cie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with America categories.
This Remarkable Continent
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Author : John F. Rooney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
This Remarkable Continent written by John F. Rooney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Mental Maps
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Author : Peter Gould
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Mental Maps written by Peter Gould and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Science categories.
Published in the year 2004, Mental Maps is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.
Soundings
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Author : Hali Felt
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2013-07-02
Soundings written by Hali Felt and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Her maps of the ocean floor have been called "one of the most remarkable achievements in modern cartography", yet no one knows her name. Soundings is the story of the enigmatic, unknown woman behind one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. Before Marie Tharp, geologist and gifted draftsperson, the whole world, including most of the scientific community, thought the ocean floor was a vast expanse of nothingness. In 1948, at age 28, Marie walked into the newly formed geophysical lab at Columbia University and practically demanded a job. The scientists at the lab were all male; the women who worked there were relegated to secretary or assistant. Through sheer willpower and obstinacy, Marie was given the job of interpreting the soundings (records of sonar pings measuring the ocean's depths) brought back from the ocean-going expeditions of her male colleagues. The marriage of artistry and science behind her analysis of this dry data gave birth to a major work: the first comprehensive map of the ocean floor, which laid the groundwork for proving the then-controversial theory of continental drift. When combined, Marie's scientific knowledge, her eye for detail and her skill as an artist revealed not a vast empty plane, but an entire world of mountains and volcanoes, ridges and rifts, and a gateway to the past that allowed scientists the means to imagine how the continents and the oceans had been created over time. Just as Marie dedicated more than twenty years of her professional life to what became the Lamont Geological Observatory, engaged in the task of mapping every ocean on Earth, she dedicated her personal life to her great friendship with her co-worker, Bruce Heezen. Partners in work and in many ways, partners in life, Marie and Bruce were devoted to one another as they rose to greater and greater prominence in the scientific community, only to be envied and finally dismissed by their beloved institute. They went on together, refining and perfecting their work and contributing not only to humanity's vision of the ocean floor, but to the way subsequent generations would view the Earth as a whole. With an imagination as intuitive as Marie's, brilliant young writer Hali Felt brings to vivid life the story of the pioneering scientist whose work became the basis for the work of others scientists for generations to come.
Canada During The Victorian Era
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Author : Auguste Gosselin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Canada During The Victorian Era written by Auguste Gosselin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Canada categories.
African Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
African Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Africa categories.