A journey back in time through maps
by Kevin J. Brown
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 8854036250
- ISBN 13
- 9788854036253
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About This Item
Milan, Italy, : White Star Publishers, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. pictorial covers,207 pages : illustrations (principalement en couleur), cartes; n our modern day and age, when satellite imagery and GPS services like Google Maps, offer strikingly accurate images of the world, we can easily forget that for most of human history the world was an unknown tabula rasa on which cartographers, scientists, men of god, and kings imprinted their own dreams and ideals. This book explores changing perceptions of the world map through the centuries and across multiple vastly different cultures. We will juxtapose 18th century Buddhist cartography in Japan with European mercantile maps of the same period. We will travel with speculative cartographers and they argue in the scientific academies of Paris, London, and St. Petersburg over theories about what 'must' fill the great unknown. We will observe the emergence of the modern world view through the cartographic lens..
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558562
- Title
- A journey back in time through maps
- Author
- Kevin J. Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 8854036250
- ISBN 13
- 9788854036253
- Publisher
- White Star Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Milan, Italy,
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cartes ge?ographiques Dessin Histoire,Cartographie Histoire Cartography,Cartography History,De?couvertes ge?ographiques Discoveries in geography,History,Map drawing,Map drawing History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles; Maps;
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