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Great maps / Jerry Brotton.
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DK Publishing
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2014
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First American edition.
Available at Main General Non Fiction (GA201 .B746 2014)
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First American edition.
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| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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| Note |
"Smithsonian"--Cover.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 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.
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| Publication Detail |
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2014.
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| Added Author |
Smithsonian Institution.
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| Added Title |
Great maps : the world's masterpieces explored and explained
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| ISBN |
9781465424631 (hbk.)
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