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Author : Sir Herbert George FORDHAM
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Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (558 download)
Download or read book Maps: Their History, Characteristics and Uses ... Second Edition written by Sir Herbert George FORDHAM and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir Herbert George Fordham
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Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Maps, Their History, Characteristics and Uses written by Sir Herbert George Fordham and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 12 pages
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Download or read book Maps. Their History, Characteristics and Uses. A Handbook for Teachers. By Sir Herbert George Fordham ... Second Edition written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerry Brotton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143126024
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A History of the World in 12 Maps written by Jerry Brotton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points, the ruler to administer his country, the warrior to plan his campaigns and the propagandist to boost his cause… rich and beautiful.” – Wall Street Journal Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by considering it in all its nuances and omissions, we can better understand the world that produced it. Although the way we map our surroundings is more precise than ever before, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been. Readers of this beautifully illustrated and masterfully argued book will never look at a map in quite the same way again. “A fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer’s art.” – The Guardian “The intellectual background to these images is conveyed with beguiling erudition…. There is nothing more subversive than a map.” – The Spectator “A mesmerizing and beautifully illustrated book.” —The Telegraph
Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Recent Geographical Literature, Maps and Photographs written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph E. Ehrenberg
Publisher : National Geographic Society
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Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mapping the World written by Ralph E. Ehrenberg and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book highlights more than a hundred maps from every era and every part of the world. Organized chronologically, they display an astonishing variety of cartographic styles and techniques. They range from priceless artistic masterworks like the 1507 Waldseemuller world map, the first to use the name "America, " to such practical artifacts as a Polynesian stick chart, a creation of bent twigs, seashells, and coconut palms that was nevertheless capable of guiding an outrigger canoe safely across thousands of miles of trackless and seemingly endless ocean. Some, like the portolans, or sea charts, of the Age of Discovery, were closely guarded state secrets that shaped the rise and fall of empires; others circulated widely and showed such fabled routes as the Silk Road across western Asia and the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails that opened up the American West."--Jacket.
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Total Pages : 722 pages
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Download or read book Recent Geographical Literature, Maps, and Photographs Added to the Society's Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 720 pages
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Download or read book The Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leo Bagrow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351515586
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book History of Cartography written by Leo Bagrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, and to tell us something of their development, their makers and printers, their varieties and characteristics. The authors' chief concern is with the appearance of maps: they exclude any examination of their content, or of scientific methods of mapmaking. This book ends in the second half of the eighteenth century, when craftsmanship was superseded by specialized science and the machine. As a history of the evolution of the early map, it is a stunning work of art and science. This expanded second edition of Bagrow and Skelton's History of Cartography marks the reappearance of this seminal work after a hiatus of nearly a half century. As a reprint project undertaken many years after the book last appeared, finding suitable materials to work from proved to be no easy task. Because of the wealth of monochrome and color plates, the book could only be properly reproduced using the original materials. Ultimately the authors were able to obtain materials from the original printer Scotchprints or contact films made directly from original plates, thus allowing the work to preserve the beauty and clarity of the illustrations. Old maps, collated with other materials, help us to elucidate the course of human history. It was not until the eighteenth century, however, that maps were gradually stripped of their artistic decoration and transformed into plain, specialist sources of information based upon measurement. Maps are objects of historical, artistic, and cultural significance, and thus collecting them seems to need no justification, simply enjoyment.
Author : Nick Kanas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781461409182
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Star Maps written by Nick Kanas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.
Author : Manchester Geographical Society
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Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Journal written by Manchester Geographical Society and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Educational Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. B. Hewson
Publisher : Ferguson Brown & Son
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A History of the Practice of Navigation written by J. B. Hewson and published by Ferguson Brown & Son. This book was released on 1983 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most exhaustive account of the evolution of modern navigational practice that has yet been written in English. It begins with separate chapters on Charts and Sailing Directions, from the hand-drawn Portolan chart and manuscript guides for seamen to the modern Admiralty charts and Pilots.
Author : Mark Monmonier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022615212X
Total Pages : 1941 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The History of Cartography, Volume 6 written by Mark Monmonier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 1941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than thirty years, the History of Cartography Project has charted the course for scholarship on cartography, bringing together research from a variety of disciplines on the creation, dissemination, and use of maps. Volume 6, Cartography in the Twentieth Century, continues this tradition with a groundbreaking survey of the century just ended and a new full-color, encyclopedic format. The twentieth century is a pivotal period in map history. The transition from paper to digital formats led to previously unimaginable dynamic and interactive maps. Geographic information systems radically altered cartographic institutions and reduced the skill required to create maps. Satellite positioning and mobile communications revolutionized wayfinding. Mapping evolved as an important tool for coping with complexity, organizing knowledge, and influencing public opinion in all parts of the globe and at all levels of society. Volume 6 covers these changes comprehensively, while thoroughly demonstrating the far-reaching effects of maps on science, technology, and society—and vice versa. The lavishly produced volume includes more than five hundred articles accompanied by more than a thousand images. Hundreds of expert contributors provide both original research, often based on their own participation in the developments they describe, and interpretations of larger trends in cartography. Designed for use by both scholars and the general public, this definitive volume is a reference work of first resort for all who study and love maps.
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Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Map Collectors' Series: Sir H. George Fordham Carto-bibliographer written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book Publishers' circular and booksellers' record written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
