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Great maps : the world's masterpieces explored and explained / Jerry Brotton

By: Brotton, Jerry [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Dorling Kindersley, c2014Description: 256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cmISBN: 9781409345718Subject(s): HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHYLOC classification: GA 201 .B76 2014

Contents:

Classical maps 1500BCE-1300CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New Directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present.

Summary: Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Reference	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	General Education	Reference	REF GA 201 .B76 2014 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000009593

Includes index.

Classical maps 1500BCE-1300CE -- Discovery and travel 1300-1570 -- New Directions and beliefs 1570-1750 -- Thematic maps 1750-1900 -- Modern mapping 1900 to present.

Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

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