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Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earth - Hardcover

Berthon, Simon; Robinson, Andrew

 
9780788164637: Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earth

Synopsis

Accompanying the Granada TV series of the same name, this is an illustrated history of discovery and explorers (Polo, Columbus, Cook and others) and the development of mapmaking - from the speculations of the ancient Greeks, through the Portuguese masters, to modern remote sensing.

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