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From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which are works of art in themselves, to modern scientific maps showing the ocean floor, this title examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 individual examples.
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Peter Whitfield is a historian, critic and poet. He was formerly the director of Stanfords International Map Centre in London and now runs the publishing company Wychwood Editions
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- PublisherThe British Library Publishing Division
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0712350896
- ISBN 13 9780712350891
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
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Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; viii, 144 p. : 70 col.ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects; Cartography History. Historical geography Maps. Cartography History; studies. World 1482-2008 ; Atlases. World maps. Maps; description and study. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 374083
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