All over the map : a cartographic odyssey

The Resource All over the map : a cartographic odyssey

Label

All over the map : a cartographic odyssey

Title remainder

a cartographic odyssey

Statement of responsibility

Betsy Mason & Greg Miller

Language

eng

Summary

"Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--Explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps--and Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or not--this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

BH0

Dewey number

526.09

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

GA201

LC item number

.M373 2018eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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