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100 | 1 | _aGarfield, Simon. | |
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_aOn the map : _ba mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks / _cSimon Garfield. |
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_aNew York, N.Y. : _bGotham Books, _c |
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_a464 p. : _bill., maps (some col.) ; _c22 cm. |
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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. | ||
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_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. |
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_aCartography _xHistory. |
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_aCartography _xSocial aspects. |
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_aMaps _xSocial aspects. |
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650 | 0 | _aMap reading. | |
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_aMaps _vMiscellanea. |
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