The story of maps : putting the world in perspective / Anne Rooney

By:

Rooney, Anne

Publisher: London : Arcturus, c2015Description: 192 pages : color illustrations, maps (color) ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781784048433 [hardbound]

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

G.R. 526.09 R67 2015

Contents:

Introduction -- Chapter 1 This land is our land -- Chapter 2 Over land & sea -- Chapter 3 Exploration & expansion -- Chapter 4 World visions -- Chapter 5 Theme & use

Summary: "The story of maps marks the progress of the human race as men and women moved from purely local concerns to exploring the wider world about them. This book is full of wonderful pictorial maps which go right up to modern times, including the Mappa Mundi (c.1285) from Hereford Cathedral, a medieval European map of the world with Jerusalem at its centre, and the Tempus Orbis Terrarum, created in Antwerp by Abraham Ortelius for what is recognized as the first modern atlas."

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Includes index

Introduction -- Chapter 1 This land is our land -- Chapter 2 Over land & sea -- Chapter 3 Exploration & expansion -- Chapter 4 World visions -- Chapter 5 Theme & use

"The story of maps marks the progress of the human race as men and women moved from purely local concerns to exploring the wider world about them. This book is full of wonderful pictorial maps which go right up to modern times, including the Mappa Mundi (c.1285) from Hereford Cathedral, a medieval European map of the world with Jerusalem at its centre, and the Tempus Orbis Terrarum, created in Antwerp by Abraham Ortelius for what is recognized as the first modern atlas."

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