Mapping the World
- ISBN-10
- 0689818130
- ISBN-13
- 9780689818134
- Series
- Mapping the World
- Category
- Cartography
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Sylvia A. Johnson
Description
A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world.
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- 2018-11-20
- 128 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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- 2018-11-20
- 128 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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