All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.
In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Millerauthors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps.
This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves mapsand Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or notthis eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.
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In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Millerauthors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps.
This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves mapsand Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or notthis eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.
All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.
In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Millerauthors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps.
This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves mapsand Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or notthis eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.
In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Millerauthors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps.
This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves mapsand Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or notthis eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781426219726 |
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Publisher: | Disney Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 10/30/2018 |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 411,257 |
Product dimensions: | 9.70(w) x 11.60(h) x 1.10(d) |
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