Landmarks Of Mapmaking An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking

Descripción

Very minor rippling to the dust jacket otherwise a wonderful copy. A landmark history of cartography that features 14 luxurious full color, oversize fold-out maps by master cartographers. Text by Charles Bricker includes details of astronomical and mathematical advances, voyages of discovery, new printing techniques, carto-biographies, etc. Enhanced with 350 maps, portraits of explorers and mapmakers, sea charts, reproductions from contemporary publications, etc. Illustrated endpapers. Preface by Gerald Roe Crone. Bound in the original oatmeal color cloth, gilt-stamped over bright white accents. Big and beautiful and therefore requiring Extra Postage.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

Landmarks Of Mapmaking An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking

Editor

Elsevier, Amsterdam

Fecha de publicación

1968

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Ilustrador

Illustrated

Edición

First Edition

Estado

Near Fine

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Near Fine