TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garfield,Simon
TI  - On the map: a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks 
SN  - 9781592407798 :
AV  - GA203 .G37 2013
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Gotham Books
KW  - Cartography
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Maps
KW  - Map reading
KW  - Miscellanea
N1  - Col. maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index; For the love of maps : foreword; by Dava Sobel --; Introduction : the; map that wrote itself --; What great minds knew --; The; men who sold the world --; The; world takes shape --; Venice, China and a trip to the moon --; The; mystery of Vinland --; Welcome to Amerigo --; What's the good of Mercator? --; The; world in a book --; Mapping a cittee (without forder troble) --; Six increasingly coordinated tales of the Ordnance Survey --; The; legendary mountains of Kong --; The; opening of America and the gridding of Manhattan --; Cholera and the map that stopped it --; "X" marks the spot : Treasure island --; The; worst journey in the world to the last place to be mapped --; Maps in all our hands : a brief history of the guidebook --; Casablanca, Harry Potter and where Jennifer Aniston lives --; How to make a very big globe --; The; biggest map dealer, the biggest map thief --; Driving into lakes : how GPS put the world in a box --; Pass go and proceed directly to Skyrim --; Mapping the brain --; Epilogue : the; instant, always-on, me-mapping of everywhere
N2  - Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore
ER  -