Cartographia
Mapping Civilizations
General History
Science
Vincent Virga
Little, Brown 2008
Hardback 266 pages Illustrated 330x250mm
0316997668 | 9780316997669 |  Product code: 83797  
Magnificently illustrated with more than 200 maps from the Library of Congress, this enthralling book charts the history of map-making from Babylonian clay tablets to satellite images. Ranging across continents and cultures, from Islamic sea charts to African kinship maps, it challenges the idea of cartography as simply the two- dimensional representation of physical space, to demonstrate its cultural and imaginative aspects. Insightful and authoritative, it recounts nothing less than the story of humankind's growing understanding of its place in the universe.Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.
 
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