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    To the Ends of the Earth

    To the Ends of the Earth

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    How we came to chart our world

    Britain’s leading cartographic author shows us how the greatest maps were created from the stone age to the digital age. Parker explores key cartographers, mapmaking methods, and evolving methods of surveying from the magnetic compass, astrolabes and sextants to the 20th century revolution of aerial photography. He includes fascinating interludes on subjects such as Babylonian maps carved in clay, deliberate mistakes, Ptolemy's introduction of longitude and latitude and the various projections used to represent the Earth. Visually stunning historic maps and antique instruments will engross readers along with with the fascinating stories of how we came to chart our world.

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    Pages: 240
    Release Date: September 19, 2023
    ISBN: 9780711282643
    Club ID: 1429254
    Format: Regular Print
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