9781402728853 - 100 Maps: The Science, Art and Politics of Cartography Throughout History (7 resultados)

Condición: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condición: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Light wear to spine heel, faint bump to other corners. Clean tight copy with very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 30 x 28 cm., oblong folio, 256 pp., Index, Bibliography, many color illustrations and maps, jacket in mylar,

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Mild scuffing to dust jacket faces, top and bottom edges visibly creased with rub marks, tear forming a chip at head of spine. Book has shelf wear with rub marks to bottom board edges. Binding readily opens to title page and separation gap at head setting text block askew. Clean unmarked interior. Despite flaws mentioned above the book has an overall strong presentation (Good plus condition). Well illustrated, 256 pages, massive 29 x 30,8 cm. ISBN 1402728859 - From Ptolemy's projection of the world--still the basic map after 13 centuries--to Tolkien's cartography of Middle Earth (the most printed guide to a non-existent place ever), each of these maps has its own fascinating story to tell. Escape maps, military maps, cartographic breakthroughs, and follies and forgeries: these 100 maps, organized chronologically, are the most important, dramatic, and breathtakingly beautiful ever created. They show not only the art and science of the form, but also its power. Some had devastating consequences, such the 1885 map of Africa that carved up the continent to Europeans desires. But others are simply exquisite to look at or mysterious, like the Aborginal 'Dreamtime' painting and the Siberian rock maps. And some maps capture places that exist only in the imagination. Finding out about each one is an adventure all its own, whether it be with Lewis and Clark across America or the British as they uncovered India. Book.