Atlas: A World of Maps from the The British Library (new edition): A World of Maps from the British Library - Brossura

Harper, Tom

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ISBN 10: 0712353321 ISBN 13: 9780712353328

Casa editrice: WordUnited Ltd, 2020

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Atlas A World of Maps from the British Library, 9780712353328

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Tom Harper is Lead Curator of Antiquarian Maps at the British Library.

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From the publication in 1595 of the first atlas by Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books containing accurate, uniform, and evenly spread maps of all or some of the world.

This is an atlas with a difference. Few of the maps in this book could reasonably be called accurate in the modern sense and could almost certainly not be used to plan a journey.
Yet this atlas can help us to travel in a way that regular atlases do not, because by looking at old maps and getting to know their stories we can be transported back to the times in which they were made.

The generous, full-colour illustrations of each map in this book range from the Klencke Atlas to Hokusai's Map of China, from a 1682 pirate map of Guatemala to 20th-century cartographic postcards featuring maps of Australia. Atlas is the definitive printed showcase of the British Library's extensive and unparalleled map collection.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: WordUnited Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0712353321
• ISBN 13: 9780712353328
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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