THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD. 20 Centuries of World Maps.

Whitfield, Peter:

ISBN 10: 0712345329 / ISBN 13: 9780712345323

Verlag: London The British Library Reprinted, 1997

Beschreibung

28.5cm x 26cm, PAPERBACK (Very Good), 144pp, Numerous Colour & Black-and-White Illustrations. No Signatures or Annotations.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13729

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD. 20 Centuries of World Maps.
• Verlag: London The British Library Reprinted
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0712345329
• ISBN-13: 9780712345323
• Einband: Soft cover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
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Inhaltsangabe

This study explores world mapping from man's earliest pictures of his environment to the exploration of the most remote reaches of the globe in the 20th century. Drawing on a wealth of cartographic images, this text analyzes a wide range of maps as historical, cultural and geographical documents, and places them in the context of the wider history of ideas. Several of the maps illustrated, previously known only in black and white, have been hand-coloured in the style of the period.