To the Ends of the Earth How the greatest maps were made

The Making of Maps offers a unique insight into the evolution of map-making and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age. Unique approach to the genre of historic maps, linking the map-making tools to the maps themselves.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010), The Atlas of Atlases (2022) and many more.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a unique insight into the evolution of map-making and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Parker
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2023
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Antiquitäten; Reise > Karten, Stadtpläne, Atlanten > Welt, Arktis, Antarktis
• EAN: 9780711282643
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-8264-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 240
• Illustration: 300 colour photos
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 20.3 x 26 x 2.7 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 1’172 g
• Themen: HISTORY / Historical Geography, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Art, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical maps and atlases, Historical maps & atlases, Antiques & collectables: pictures, prints & maps