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Old maps have always played a dominant role in the development of geographical thought, providing a means of communication by visual display which has guaranteed the dissemination of new geographical conceptions in the most adequate and graphic way. Printed maps have been for the development of geography and cartography as revolutionary in their cultural and educational effect as the parallel but more widely acclaimed invention of printing from moveable type. This cartobibliographical study illustrates how the printed world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up to the end of the 17th-century.
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The mapping of the world. Early printed world maps 1472-1700.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Revised edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Wear / tear to dj, in mylar cover. Names on front end pages. Text and binding are excellent. Holland Press cartographica, v. 9. xlvi, 669 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Seller Inventory # 2106130039
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