The men who mapped the world: the treasures of cartography / Beau Riffenburgh
London: Carlton, 2011. 1st edition. Fine copy in the original colour printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. As New. Item #237069
Physical description; 96 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm. + 15 folded maps. Notes; "The Royal Geographical Society." Maps on endpapers. Includes 15 facsimile maps folded in pockets throughout book. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index. Contents; Mapping in the ancient and medieval world -- Cartography in the age of discovery (c. 1450-c. 1650) -- The world expands: filling the gaps (1600-1800) -- Maps in the age of empires and nationalism (1800-1914) -- Mapping in the modern world (1914-2011). Summary; "The Men Who Mapped the World" takes you on a journey through the history of cartography and is essentially a history of the world and how its territories were discovered and explored. Maps have been an integral part of the way humans have lived for approximately 8,000 years. The first accurate maps were produced in Ancient Babylonia. The earliest world map is the Babylonian World Map, which is symbolic and not an exact representation. It deliberately doesn't include the Persians or the Egyptians. The Ancient Greeks also produced maps, although they were mostly imaginary reconstructions of the world. Maps have been crucial in the development of empires, have helped to win wars, and have encouraged man to venture further than his or her known boundaries. Beautifully illustrated, "The Men Who Mapped the World" is a fascinating look at how the science of cartography developed, how maps are used not just for getting from A to B, and why cartography is so important to our history of the world and the world we live in. Nowadays, we take the use of Sat Nav and Google maps for granted, but this book reflects on the fact that it all began with human imagination and the desire for knowledge. Subjects; Cartography - History. Early maps - History. Early maps - Facsimiles. Cartographers. Maps. Discoveries in geography. Historical geography ; Maps, charts & atlases TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History. SCIENCE / History. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
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