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Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained - DK History Changers
Jerry Brotton
Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained - DK History Changers
Jerry Brotton
Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book looks at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.
256 pages, maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 1, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781409345718 |
Publishers | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 262 × 306 × 22 mm · 1.63 kg |
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