Bibliograph

Mapping the world, stories of geography, Caroline & Martine Laffon

Type

Label

Mapping the world, stories of geography, Caroline & Martine Laffon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-187)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mapping the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

316666479

Responsibility statement

Caroline & Martine Laffon

Sub title

stories of geography

Summary

Mapping the World explores many rare and fascinating mapping artifacts, beginning with the first crude drawings and progressing to the stunning satellite views of today. Thirty essays answer the questions map-makers have asked and reveal the roles their maps played in finding those answers

Table Of Contents

Introduction. Where are we? -- Step by step. Daydreaming about the world ; Tiny cosmos ; Holy places ; Navels of the world ; From one point to another ; Spheres and poles -- Geographers in the field. Finding one's bearings ; Scholarly calculations ; Every which way ; Blown by the winds ; On the road -- On a global scale. Landscape images ; Mountains and marvels ; The glory of the kingdom ; Lay of the land ; Following the flow ; Foreign seas -- Personal projections. Order and disorder ; Battle plans ; Organizing the resistance ; Power of persuasion ; Point of view ; Traveling the world ; The conquest of space. And beyond? ; Climbing to the sky ; Head in the clouds ; From the earth to the moon ; Views from above

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