Screen LibraryMapping the world：stories of geography
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Firefly Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Richmond Hill, Ont. |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Dessiner le monde. |
| Carrier Form: | 189 p.: col. ill., maps ; 26 x 30 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781554075256 (cloth) 1554075254 |
| Index Number: | K916 |
| CLC: | K916-64 |
| Call Number: | K916-64/L163 |
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First published: Paris : Seuil, c2008, under title: Dessiner le monde : histoires de géographie Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187). Introduction. Where are we? -- Step by step. Daydreaming about the world ; Tiny cosmos ; Holy places ; Navels of the world ; From one point to another ; Spheres and poles -- Geographers in the field. Finding one's bearings ; Scholarly calculations ; Every which way ; Blown by the winds ; On the road -- On a global scale. Landscape images ; Mountains and marvels ; The glory of the kingdom ; Lay of the land ; Following the flow ; Foreign seas -- Personal projections. Order and disorder ; Battle plans ; Organizing the resistance ; Power of persuasion ; Point of view ; Traveling the world ; The Mapping the World explores many rare and fascinating mapping artifacts, beginning with the first crude drawings and progressing to the stunning satellite views of today. Thirty essays answer the questions map-makers have asked and reveal the roles their maps played in finding those answers. |