Maps and History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maps and History write by Jeremy Black. This book was released on 2000-01-01. Maps and History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the role, development, and nature of the atlas and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
A History of America in 100 Maps
A History of America in 100 Maps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of America in 100 Maps write by Susan Schulten. This book was released on 2018-09-21. A History of America in 100 Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.
Maps of Time
Maps of Time - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maps of Time write by David Christian. This book was released on 2011-09. Maps of Time available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introducing a novel perspective on the study of history, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora & fauna, including human beings.
A History of the World in 12 Maps
A History of the World in 12 Maps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the World in 12 Maps write by Jerry Brotton. This book was released on 2014-10-28. A History of the World in 12 Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8
U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8 write by Don Blattner. This book was released on 2008-09-03. U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bring the action and adventure of U.S. history into the classroom with U.S. History Maps for grades 5 and up! From the ice age to the admission of the 50th state, this fascinating 96-page book enhances the study of any era in U.S. history! The maps can be easily reproduced, projected, and scanned, and each map includes classroom activities and brief explanations of historical events. This book covers topics such as the discovery of America, Spanish conquistadors, the New England colonies, wars and conflicts, westward expansion, slavery, and transportation. The book includes answer keys.
