On The Map / Why the world looks the way it does - Simon Garfield
Why the World Looks the Way it Does
KORTE INHOUD
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history.With a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter, Garfield explores the legendary, impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases,
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2013Uitgever: Profile Books Ltd468 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 198x129ISBN-10: 1846685109ISBN-13: 9781846685101Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2013, paperback, goed exemplaar [Auteur: Simon Garfield] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Profile Books Ltd] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: On The Map / Why the world looks the way it does]
