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Book Synopsis The Map Colorist by : Rebecca D'Harlingue
Download or read book The Map Colorist written by Rebecca D'Harlingue and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors. Her artistic talent brings her to the attention of the Blaeu printing house, and she begins to color for a rich merchant, Willem de Groot. But Anneke is not content to simply embellish the work of others; she longs to create maps of her own. Cartography, however, is the domain of men—so it is in secret that she borrows the notes her father made on a trip to Africa in 1642 and sets about designing a new map. Anneke hopes to convince the charismatic de Groot to use his influence to persuade Blaeu to include her map in the Atlas Maior, which will be the largest and most expensive publication of the century. But family secrets, infidelity, and murder endanger her dream. Will her map withstand these threats, or will it be forever lost?
Download or read book The Colorist written by Susan Daitch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1990 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative novel about a young woman who works as a colorist at Fantomes Comics and about her comic-book heroine, Electra.
Book Synopsis The Lines Between Us by : Rebecca D'Harlingue
Download or read book The Lines Between Us written by Rebecca D'Harlingue and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1661 Madrid, Ana is still grieving the loss of her husband when her niece, sixteen-year-old Juliana, suddenly vanishes. Ana frantically searches the girl’s room and comes across a diary. Journeying to southern Spain in the hope of finding her, Ana immerses herself in her niece’s private thoughts. After a futile search in Seville, she comes to Juliana’s final entries, and, discovering the horrifying reason for the girl’s flight, abandons her search. In 1992 Missouri, in her deceased mother’s home, Rachel finds a packet of letters, and a diary written by a woman named Juliana. Rachel’s reserved mother has never mentioned these items, but Rachel recognizes the names Ana and Juliana: her mother uttered them on her deathbed. She soon becomes immersed in Juliana’s diary, which recounts the young woman’s journey to Mexico City and her life in a convent. As she learns the truth about Juliana’s tragic family history, Rachel seeks to understand her connection to the writings—hoping that in finding those answers, she will somehow heal the wounds caused by her mother’s lifelong reticence.
Download or read book The Map Thief written by Michael Blanding and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an infamous crime, a revered map dealer with an unsavory secret, and the ruthless subculture that consumed him Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers—both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects. Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief —until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library. The Map Thief delves into the untold history of this fascinating high-stakes criminal and the inside story of the industry that consumed him. Acclaimed reporter Michael Blanding has interviewed all the key players in this stranger-than-fiction story, and shares the fascinating histories of maps that charted the New World, and how they went from being practical instruments to quirky heirlooms to highly coveted objects. Though pieces of the map theft story have been written before, Blanding is the first reporter to explore the story in full—and had the rare privilege of having access to Smiley himself after he’d gone silent in the wake of his crimes. Moreover, although Smiley swears he has admitted to all of the maps he stole, libraries claim he stole hundreds more—and offer intriguing clues to prove it. Now, through a series of exclusive interviews with Smiley and other key individuals, Blanding teases out an astonishing tale of destruction and redemption. The Map Thief interweaves Smiley’s escapades with the stories of the explorers and mapmakers he knew better than anyone. Tracking a series of thefts as brazen as the art heists in Provenance and a subculture as obsessive as the oenophiles in The Billionaire’s Vinegar, Blanding has pieced together an unforgettable story of high-stakes crime.
Author :David A. Lanegran Publisher :Minnesota Historical Society Press ISBN 13 :9780873515931 Total Pages :236 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (159 download)
Book Synopsis Minnesota on the Map by : David A. Lanegran
Download or read book Minnesota on the Map written by David A. Lanegran and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent volume brings together for the first time stunning but rarely seen maps of Minnesota through five centuries, showing what happened in the past and what was planned for the future.
Download or read book Wave written by Shantell Martin and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WAVE is not your average coloring book. Once opened, it unfolds into a nine-foot-long panel, featuring a continuous and dream-like illustration by rock star contemporary artist Shantell Martin. And this unique book also provides a blank canvas: After you add your splash of color, use the reverse side to create your own unfolding illustration, for a final product that's both inspired and inspiring. WAVE will bring the art gallery to your living room, a perfect display piece and an opportunity for daring colorists to transform a piece of art in a whole new way.
Book Synopsis Charting the World by : Richard Panchyk
Download or read book Charting the World written by Richard Panchyk and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As soon as early humans began to scratch images on cave walls, they began to create maps. And while these first drawings were used to find hunting grounds or avoid danger, they later developed into far more complex navigational tools. Charting the World tells the fascinating history of maps and mapmaking, navigators and explorers, and the ways that technology has enhanced our ability to understand the world around us. Richly illustrated with full-color maps and diagrams, it gives children an in-depth appreciation of geographical concepts and principles and shows them how to unlock the wealth of information maps contain. It also features 21 hands-on activities for readers to put their new skills to the test. Children will: build a three-dimensional island model using a contour map, engrave a simple map on an aluminum &“printing plate,&” determine the elevation of hills in their neighborhood, draw a treasure map and have a friend search for the hidden stash, create a nautical chart of a small puddle, survey their backyard or local park, navigate a course using a compass, and much more. Now more than ever, the study of geography is crucial to understanding our ever-changing planet, from political change and warfare to environmental conservation and population growth.
Book Synopsis Historical Atlases by : Walter Goffart
Download or read book Historical Atlases written by Walter Goffart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we can walk into any well-stocked bookstore or library and find an array of historical atlases. The first thorough review of the source material, Historical Atlases traces how these collections of "maps for history"—maps whose sole purpose was to illustrate some historical moment or scene—came into being. Beginning in the sixteenth century, and continuing down to the late nineteenth, Walter Goffart discusses milestones in the origins of historical atlases as well as individual maps illustrating historical events in alternating, paired chapters. He focuses on maps of the medieval period because the development of maps for history hinged particularly on portrayals of this segment of the postclassical, "modern" past. Goffart concludes the book with a detailed catalogue of more than 700 historical maps and atlases produced from 1570 to 1870. Historical Atlases will immediately take its place as the single most important reference on its subject. Historians of cartography, medievalists, and anyone seriously interested in the role of maps in portraying history will find it invaluable.
Book Synopsis The World of Gerard Mercator by : Andrew Taylor
Download or read book The World of Gerard Mercator written by Andrew Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of discovery and mapmaking is one of pushing back shadows," writes Andrew Taylor, and "none in the last two thousand years achieved as much as Gerard Mercator in extending the boundaries of what could be comprehended." His life encompassed most of the turbulent, extraordinary sixteenth century, a time when revolutions would engulf religion, science, and civilization. Almost extinguished by the Inquisition, Mercator's genius lay in making maps, and his achievement did nothing less than revolutionize the study of geography. Appropriately for an era undergoing radical change, Mercator was full of contradiction, tied to knowledge and beliefs of the past while forging a new path. He never traveled beyond northern Europe, yet he had the imagination to draw the entire world anew and to solve a problem that had baffled sailors and scientists for centuries: how a curved Earth could be faithfully rendered on a flat surface so as to allow for accurate navigation. His "projection" was so visionary that it is used by NASA to map Mars today. Andrew Taylor has beautifully captured Mercator amidst the turmoil and opportunity of his times and the luminaries who inspired his talent-his teacher and business partner, Gemma Frisius; the English magus, John Dee; his benefactor, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, his cartographic collaborator, Abraham Ortelius. The World of Gerard Mercator is a masterful biography of one of the men most responsible for the modern world.
Book Synopsis Inventing Eastern Europe by : Larry Wolff
Download or read book Inventing Eastern Europe written by Larry Wolff and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolff explores how Western thinkers contributed to defining and characterizing Eastern Europe as half-civilized and barbaric.
Book Synopsis The History of Cartography, Volume 4 by : Matthew H. Edney
Download or read book The History of Cartography, Volume 4 written by Matthew H. Edney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 1803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartography in the European Enlightenment, the highly anticipated fourth volume, offers a comprehensive overview of the cartographic practices of Europeans, Russians, and the Ottomans, both at home and in overseas territories, from 1650 to 1800. The social and intellectual changes that swept Enlightenment Europe also transformed many of its mapmaking practices. A new emphasis on geometric principles gave rise to improved tools for measuring and mapping the world, even as large-scale cartographic projects became possible under the aegis of powerful states. Yet older mapping practices persisted: Enlightenment cartography encompassed a wide variety of processes for making, circulating, and using maps of different types. The volume’s more than four hundred encyclopedic articles explore the era’s mapping, covering topics both detailed—such as geodetic surveying, thematic mapping, and map collecting—and broad, such as women and cartography, cartography and the economy, and the art and design of maps. Copious bibliographical references and nearly one thousand full-color illustrations complement the detailed entries.
Book Synopsis Around the World Coloring Book by : Winky Adam
Download or read book Around the World Coloring Book written by Winky Adam and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps of 30 nations contain the names of major cities and are accompanied by easy-to-color pictures of the national flags, landmarks, and natural resources. Facts and statistics highlight the unique features of each country.
Book Synopsis Decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury by : United States. Comptroller of the Treasury
Download or read book Decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury written by United States. Comptroller of the Treasury and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mapping Virginia by : William C. Wooldridge
Download or read book Mapping Virginia written by William C. Wooldridge and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of printed maps from the state of Virginia's history, from the years preceding Jamestown to the beginning of the postbellum era.
Download or read book City Maps written by Gretchen Peterson and published by Petersongis. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you always want to try coloring your own map? Now you can! With over 40 bird's-eye view maps to color from all the largest metropolitan areas in the world, you'll get plenty of cartographic practice. These amazing city maps feature real building and road outlines at scale. Close-up locations such as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Grand Canal in Venice, and Central Park in New York City are included. Also discover surprising and beautiful locations such as the Lotus Temple in New Delhi and Bidhannagar in Kolkata.Color major cities in a unique format with the colors that bring them to life for you.Brimming with 44 maps over 94 pages, many with high levels of intricacy.Printed on one side of each page.Perfect for travelers, design fans, map lovers, classrooms, and mindfulness enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Agriculture Appropriations Bill, Hearings Before ..., 64-1 on .... by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Download or read book Agriculture Appropriations Bill, Hearings Before ..., 64-1 on .... written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agriculture Appropriation Bill by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Download or read book Agriculture Appropriation Bill written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
