The World Through 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 The World Through Maps write by John R. Short. This book was released on 2003. The World Through Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated history of maps and mapmaking, including reproductions of 200 antique maps.
Seeing Through Maps
Seeing Through 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 Seeing Through Maps write by Denis Wood. This book was released on 2006. Seeing Through Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explains the principles behind the Peters' Projection Map and a dozen other unique maps and provocative images. Features over 70 maps and illustrations, including a redrawing of Mercator's original world map (unavailable since the 1950s), Minard's map of Napoleon's march on Moscow and routes of African Slave Trading.
History of the World in Maps
History of the World in 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 History of the World in Maps write by Times Atlases. This book was released on 2015-11-05. History of the World in Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.
Maps
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 Maps write by James R. Akerman. This book was released on 2007. Maps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introducing readers to a wide range of maps from different time periods and a variety of cultures, this book confirms the vital roles of maps throughout history in commerce, art, literature, and national identity.
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
