Cartographia
Mapping Civilizations
Virga, Vincent
Library of Congress
Grim, Ronald E. (INT)
Billington, James H. (AFT)
Hardcover
$37.80 + $1.99 USPS S/H
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CARTOGRAPHIA offers a stunning array of 200 of the most beautiful, important, and fascinating maps in existence, from the world's largest cartographic collection, at the Library of Congress. These maps show how our idea of the world has shifted and grown over time, and each map tells its own unique story about nations, politics, and ambitions. The chosen images, with their accompanying stories, introduce the reader to an exciting new way of "reading" maps as travelogues---living history from the earliest of man's imaginings about planet earth to our current attempts at charting cyberspace.Among the rare gems included in the book are the Waldseemuller Map of the World from 1507, the first to include the designation "America"; pages from the Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570, considered the first modern atlas; rare maps from Africa, Asia, and Oceania that challenge traditional Western perspectives; William Faulkner's hand-drawn 1936 map of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi; and even a map of the Human Genome. In an oversized format, with gorgeous four-color reproductions throughout, Catrographia will appeal to collectors, historians, and anyone looking for a perfect gift.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0316997668
ISBN(13-digit): 9780316997669
Dewey Decimal: 912
Library of Congress: 2005029047
Book Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 266
Paper Weight (lb): 5.05 lb
