The Story Of Maps And Navigation
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The Story Of Maps And Navigation
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Author : Anita Ganeri
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
The Story Of Maps And Navigation written by Anita Ganeri and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Surveys the history of maps and navigation throughout the ages, including the approaches of early peoples and the ancients, increases in accuracy, specialized maps, and the development of navigational and surveying instruments.
Where Am I
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Author : A.G. Smith
language : en
Publisher: 4117654 Manitoba Ltée (Éditions des Plaines | Vidacom Publications
Release Date : 2022-10-01T00:00:00-04:00
Where Am I written by A.G. Smith and has been published by 4117654 Manitoba Ltée (Éditions des Plaines | Vidacom Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 with History categories.
If you want to find your place on Earth, where must you look? Who were the first ancient mapmakers? What is the Chinese south-pointing carriage? How did Christianity influence mapmaking? Where Am I? is the fascinating story of how people began to chart the physical world and their place in it. Richly illustrated with meticulous drawings, it takes readers on a journey of their own. From Babylonia to Scandinavia, North America to China, Greece to Polynesia, ingenious methods and inventions will delight all those who marvel at the human spirit of adventure and ties to home.
From Sextant To Sonar
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Author : Anita Ganeri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
From Sextant To Sonar written by Anita Ganeri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Cartography categories.
Investigating maps and atlases - weather, aeronautical, military, sea charts - as well as maps of sun and stars, this text covers great journeys, explorers and navigators. It is part of a series which explores the development of systems of recording and measuring, from the first forms of writing and the earliest calendars, to the latest in calculators and quartz clocks. Innovators, inventions and facts are highlighted in text boxes, and there are suggestions for related activities.
Where Am I
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Author : A. G. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2001-06-01
Where Am I written by A. G. Smith and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This fascinating story of how people began to chart the physical world and their place in it will take readers on a journey of their own., From Babylonia to Scandinavia, North America to China, ingenious methods and inventions will delight all those who marvel at man's spirit of adventure and his ties to homes. B&W illus. and technical drawings.
The Story Of Maps
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Author : Lloyd Arnold Brown
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1979-01-01
The Story Of Maps written by Lloyd Arnold Brown and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Travel categories.
"An important and scholarly work; bringing together much information available heretofore only in scattered sources. Easily readable." — Gerald I. Alexander, F.R.G.S. Cartographer, Map Division, New York Public Library. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A.D. — Strabo and Ptolemy — through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography. "Mr. Brown felicitously marries scholarship to narrative and dramatic skill." — Henry Steele Commager.
After The Map
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Author : William Rankin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-07
After The Map written by William Rankin 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 2016-07 with History categories.
Over the course of the twentieth century, there was a major shift in practices of mapping, as centuries-old methods of land surveying and print publication were incrementally displaced by electronic navigation systems. William Rankin argues that although this shift did not render traditional maps obsolete, it did revise the goals of the mapping sciences as a whole. Military cartographers and civilian agencies alike developed new techniques for tasks that exceeded the capabilities of paper, such as aiming long-range guns, navigating in featureless environments, regularizing air travel, or drilling for offshore oil. "After the Map "reveals the major conceptual ramifications of these and other changes and in doing so offers a new way of understanding the central political-geographic shift of the twentieth century. Seen first and foremost as affecting a transformation in the nature of "territory," the change from paper mapping to electronic systems is not a story about technological improvement or the wizardry of precision; instead, it is about the "kind" of geographic knowledge and therefore governance that can exist in the first place. "
Cartographies Of Travel And Navigation
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Author : James R. Akerman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-11-15
Cartographies Of Travel And Navigation written by James R. Akerman 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 2010-11-15 with Science categories.
Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years, maps have become the most ubiquitous and familiar genre of modern cartography. Examining the historical relationship between travelers, navigation, and maps, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation considers the cartographic response to the new modalities of modern travel brought about by technological and institutional developments in the twentieth century. Highlighting the ways in which the travelers, operators, and planners of modern transportation systems value maps as both navigation tools and as representatives of a radical new mobility, this collection brings the cartography of travel—by road, sea, rail, and air—to the forefront, placing maps at the center of the history of travel and movement. Richly and colorfully illustrated, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation ably fills the void in historical literature on transportation mapping.
You Are Here
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Author : Hiawatha Bray
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2014-04-01
You Are Here written by Hiawatha Bray and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Science categories.
The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS—and the consequent decline of privacy What does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience—or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. In a sweeping history of the development of location technology in the past century, Bray shows how radio signals created to carry telegraph messages were transformed into invisible beacons to guide ships and how a set of rapidly-spinning wheels steered submarines beneath the polar icecap. But while most of these technologies were developed for and by the military, they are now ubiquitous in our everyday lives. Our phones are now smart enough to pinpoint our presence to within a few feet—and nosy enough to share that information with governments and corporations. Filled with tales of scientists and astronauts, inventors and entrepreneurs, You Are Here tells the story of how humankind ingeniously solved one of its oldest and toughest problems—only to herald a new era in which it's impossible to hide.
The Sea Chart
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Author : John Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Sea Chart written by John Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Cartography categories.
This volume looks at the history and development of the chart and the related nautical map, in both scientific and aesthetic terms, as a means of safe and accurate seaborne navigation. Key figures or milestones in the history of charting are presented in stand-alone story box features.
Follow That Map
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Author : Scot Ritchie
language : en
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Release Date : 2009-02
Follow That Map written by Scot Ritchie and has been published by Kids Can Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Learn map skills to help you navigate and find things.