Great maps : the world's masterpieces explored and explained / Jerry Brotton

By:

Brotton, Jerry [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Dorling Kindersley Limited, c2014Description: 256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cmISBN:

9781409345718

Subject(s):

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

LOC classification:

GA 201 .B76 2014

Contents:

Classical maps 1500BCE-1300CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New Directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present.

Summary: 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"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

Item type:

Books - Reference

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Reference	National University - Manila	LRC - Main Reference	General Education	REF GA 201 .B76 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000009593

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Includes index.

Classical maps 1500BCE-1300CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New Directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present.

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"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

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