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035 _a(OCoLC)795167619
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092 _a912.09
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100 1 _aGarfield, Simon.
245 1 0 _aOn the map :
_ba mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks /
_cSimon Garfield.
260 _aNew York, N.Y. :
_bGotham Books,
_c
300 _a464 p. :
_bill., maps (some col.) ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aCol. maps on lining papers.
520 _aExamines 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index.
505 0 0 _tFor the love of maps : foreword /
_rby Dava Sobel --
_gIntroduction : the
_tmap that wrote itself --
_tWhat great minds knew --
_gThe
_tmen who sold the world --
_gThe
_tworld takes shape --
_tVenice, China and a trip to the moon --
_gThe
_tmystery of Vinland --
_tWelcome to Amerigo --
_tWhat's the good of Mercator? --
_gThe
_tworld in a book --
_tMapping a cittee (without forder troble) --
_tSix increasingly coordinated tales of the Ordnance Survey --
_gThe
_tlegendary mountains of Kong --
_gThe
_topening of America and the gridding of Manhattan --
_tCholera and the map that stopped it --
_t"X" marks the spot : Treasure island --
_gThe
_tworst journey in the world to the last place to be mapped --
_tMaps in all our hands : a brief history of the guidebook --
_tCasablanca, Harry Potter and where Jennifer Aniston lives --
_tHow to make a very big globe --
_gThe
_tbiggest map dealer, the biggest map thief --
_tDriving into lakes : how GPS put the world in a box --
_tPass go and proceed directly to Skyrim --
_tMapping the brain --
_gEpilogue : the
_tinstant, always-on, me-mapping of everywhere.
650 0 _aCartography
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCartography
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aMaps
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aMap reading.
650 0 _aMaps
_vMiscellanea.
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