Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Third Edition 9780226799759, 9780226799742, 0226799743, 0226799751

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps

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Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Third Edition
9780226799759, 9780226799742, 0226799743, 0226799751

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps

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While a culture may have a dominant way of "mapping", its geography is always plural and there is always compe

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Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third editi

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Though the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of

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Québec: State and Society, third edition acts as a mirror to a society that continues to transform itself, that adjusts

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The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new

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Crucial Maps was the last series of articles by the author, the results of his systematic investigations into New Brunsw

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A new edition of a seminal work—one that explores crucial changes within Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth cen

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« An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers makeconscious

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With this third edition, H. Paul Varley expands and brings up to date the most balanced and comprehensive presentation o

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