Great maps, Jerry Brotton
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Great maps, Jerry Brotton
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eng
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non fiction
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Great maps
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Bklst 09/15/2014
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Jerry Brotton
Summary
Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth
Table Of Contents
Classical maps 1500 BC-1300 CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present
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