Miller Greg - All Over The Map A Cartographic Odyssey - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Created for map lovers by map lovers this book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the ancient art of cartography still thrives today. In this visually stunning book award - winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller - - authors of the National Geographic cartography blog " All Over the Map" - - explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures civilizations and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers curators historians and scholars this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps - - some never before published. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon - filled seas elaborate maps of hidden worlds from inside Earth to outer space devious maps created by spies and cutting - edge data - based cartography showing the ebb and flow of modern cities. If your brain craves maps - - and Mason and Miller would say it does whether you know it or not - - this eye - opening visual feast will inspire and delight.
Title: All Over The Map A Cartographic Odyssey
Author(s): Miller Greg
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Barcode: 9781426219726
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 10/30/2018
Category: Cartography, Map-Making & Projections