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Sto caricando le informazioni... Landmarks of Mapmaking: An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakingdi Charles Bricker
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Elephant Folio with over 350 illustrations and beautiful maps, many of which are fold-out colored plates. As Robert Herrick notes in the epilog quote, one can travel at the lowest price -- by exploring brilliant maps! A hear thrice wall'd with Oke, and Brasse, that man Had, first, durst plow the Ocean. But thou at home without or tyde or gale, Canst in thy Map securely saile: Seeing those painted Countries; and so guesse By those fine Shades, their Substances : And from thy Compasse taking small advice, Buy'st Travell at the lowest price. -- Robert Herrick The leaf of the dustcover explains: "This spectacular survey of maps and their creators spans more than 2, 000 years, from the primitive palm fiber sea charts fashioned by the Marshall Islanders to our modern statistical maps. As the story unfolds, we see how much we owe the cartographers of previous ages who painstakingly assembled the puzzle of the earth's shape, bit by little but. Their striking maps are included here--maps that stand as works of art in their own right. " nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)912.09History and Geography Geography and Travel Maps Modified standard subdivisions History and biography of maps and map makingClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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