The Map Book

Barber, Peter

ISBN 10: 0802714749 / ISBN 13: 9780802714749

Verlag: Walker Books, 2006

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Inhaltsangabe:

Chronicles the historical development of maps and mapping from the Bronze Age to the present, collecting some 175 maps spanning ten millennia that represent the progress of civilization and technology, from military plans that depict enemy positions, to the famed London Underground layout, to the digitally enhanced renderings of today.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Peter Barber trained as a diplomatic historian. He has published extensively on medieval world maps, and on map use and the relationship between mapping and government in the early modern period. In addition to being Head of Map Collections at the British Library, he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and an honorary editorial board member of Mapforum.

Peter Barber trained as a diplomatic historian. He has published extensively on medieval world maps, and on map use and the relationship between mapping and government in the early modern period. In addition to being Head of Map Collections at the British Library, he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and an honorary editorial board member of Mapforum.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Map Book
Verlag: Walker Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 2. Auflage