To the Ends of the Earth
How the greatest maps were made
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INTRODUCTION1. IN THE BEGINNING
The First Maps
2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHES
Gathering the Information
3. WHYS AND WHEREFORES
The Purpose of Maps
4. OLD TIMERS
The First Map-makers
5. IN THE ROUND
Globes and Spheres
6. SURFACE MATTERS
Materials for Drawing Maps
7. A MAP OF MANY PARTS
The Components of a Map
8. GOING NOWHERE
Places Which Weren’t There
9. THE DRAWING ROOM
Key Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age
10. MIGHTY MAPS
Mapping Superlatives
11. A MAP IN HAND
The Purposes to Which Maps Have Been Put
CONCLUSION
FURTHER RESOURCES
INDEX
CREDITS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Autoren-Porträt von Philip Parker
Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010) and many more.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philip Parker
- 2023, 240 Seiten, 300 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 20,8 x 26,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Quarto
- ISBN-10: 0711282641
- ISBN-13: 9780711282643
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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