Maps That Made History: The Influential, the Eccentric, and the Sublime - Hardcover

Smart, Lez

 
9781550025620: Maps That Made History: The Influential, the Eccentric, and the Sublime
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1550025627 ISBN 13: 9781550025620
Verlag: Dundurn Group Ltd, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Few people can resist the appeal of old maps and plans. Even in these days of disposable mapping - from satellite navigation to customized road directions at the click of a mouse - the historical map continues to present a unique perspective on our changing world. Here we explore 25 glorious examples. The emphasis is on the story behind the map: what it reveals about its creator and users, from the first explorers to the railway builders. This thought-provoking collection features maps that chart societies as well as land, sea, and skies; maps that have influenced and inspired; and perhaps most revealing of all, maps that misrepresent.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Lez Smart is a lecturer in education at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His interests include history and information technology; he has published widely on these subjects as they relate to education. Maps have always been a passion, informing his professional and leisure interests. He lives with his family in South London.



Dr. Lez Smart is a lecturer in education at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His interests include history and information technology; he has published widely on these subjects as they relate to education. Maps have always been a passion, informing his professional and leisure interests. He lives with his family in South London.

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Verlag
Dundurn Group Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1550025627
ISBN 13 
9781550025620
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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