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| Title: | Maps That Made History
: The Influential, the Eccentric, & the Sublime |
| Author: | Lez Smart |
| ISBN: | 1550025627 : 9781550025620 |
| Illustrations: | b/w & colour illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 200x270mm |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Weight: | .912 Kg. |
| Published: | Dundurn Press - January 2005 |
| List Price: | 30 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | World history: Map making & projections |
Few people can resist the appeal of old maps and plans. Even in these days of disposable mapping-from satellite navigation to customised road directions at the click of a mouse -- the historical map continues to present a unique perspective on our changing world. Here we explore 25 glorious examples. The emphasis is on the story behind the map: what it reveals about its creator and users, from the first explorers to the railway builders. This thought-provoking collection features maps that chart societies as well as land, sea, and skies; maps that have influenced and inspired; and perhaps most revealing of all, maps that misrepresent. Includes the following intriguing historical maps: Ptolemy's Ancient World; The Psalter; The Pilgrimage Route to Canterbury; The Peutinger Table of Roman Roads; Chertsey Abbey on the Thames; Tenochtitlán: Cortés and the Aztecs; The Coast of West Africa; Virginia: John Smith and Pocahontas; Southern England from the 'Poly Olbion'; The Lion Map of Belgium; The Moluccan Spice Islands; The Mythical Island of California; The Garden of Eden; The Battle of Culloden; The Red Line Map of North America; Cook and the East Coast of Australia; The Battle of Waterloo; The Great River of Australia; The American Civil War; The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India; Booths Poverty Map of London; The Battle of Mons; Highways of the British Empire; The London Tube; D-Day.
The Early Mapmakers;The Quest for Riches; Challening Perceptions; Winning the Day; Fantasy & Fantastical.
