Brotton, Jerry <br/><br/>
Great maps :  the world's masterpieces explored and explained / 
Jerry Brotton 
 - London, United Kingdom :  Dorling Kindersley Limited,  c2014 
 - 256 pages :  color illustrations, color maps ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Classical maps 1500BCE-1300CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New Directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781409345718 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GA 201 .B76 2014