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This book traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts. It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. It recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to...
2) Great maps
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
©2014.
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First American edition.
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
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English
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Traces human development and culture through cartography, from early rock carvings to the latest geospatial technology.
4) Map my room
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English
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Kids can learn how to make basic maps of areas that are familiar to them.
5) The map trap
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English
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Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.
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National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
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English
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"This picture book combines brief, lyrical text with a combination of photographs and artist's illustrations as it spins a charming story that introduces the art of mapmaking from a child's perspective"--
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"An innovative look back through time, [this book] follows the history of Manhattan Island from its natural formation to the bustling city today. It explores the ways in which nature and people are connected, tracking the people who lived on Manhattan from the Lenape Indians to Dutch settlers hunting for beaver pelts to early Americans and beyond, and how they've (literally) shaped the island (and vice versa). Jen Thermes highlights watershed moments...
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Amb els mapes, a més de ciència, es fa política. El 1939 els catalans algueresos, i altres pobles d'Itàlia, foren eliminats d'un mapa etnogràfic de tot Europa elaborat a Milà pel Touring Club Italiano. Les minories en qüestió hi havien figurat des de 1927, però finalment els mussolinians van imposar sobre aquella obra els postulats feixistes més extrems. Aquest llibre, bastit sobre mapes «de pobles i llengües» dels segles XIX i XX, es...
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El Diario de la navegación y reconocimiento del río Tebicuary es uno de los varios de libros de viajes que escribió Azara. Sus trabajos dedicados a establecer, de forma científica, las fronteras entre las colonias españolas y las portuguesas. Esta actividad aparece también, entre otros textos suyos, en su Correspondencia oficial.
Félix Azara estudió la geografía de Sudamérica y esclareció en sus mapas el curso de ríos y el lugar de montañas....
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Félix de Azara es considerado generalmente como geógrafo y naturalista. Sin embargo, se ha hecho menos énfasis en su labor como etnógrafo sagaz. Azara recorrió el Chaco y convivió con los pueblos aborígenes de la región. Sus notas y observaciones reflejan el alcance de sus conocimientos sobre el Chaco y su comprensión sobre los hábitos y las tradiciones de sus habitantes.
Informes de don Félix de Azara sobre varios proyectos de colonizar...
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Español
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Félix Azara realizó el Diario de reconocimiento de guardias y fortines que guarnecían la línea de frontera de Buenos Aires a pedido de Melo de Portugal, con quien había mantenido una buena relación durante su larga estancia en el Paraguay cuando éste era por entonces su gobernador.
La máxima autoridad del virreinato del Río de la Plata, por medio del oficio del 29 de Febrero de 1796, exponía los motivos de la misión y las plazas que componían...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
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First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"Rose wants to bring something truly unique for show-and-tell, so she creates maps to explore her imagination in search of something no one has ever seen before"--
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Journey through the craft of Making Art with Maps. From origami to paper cutting and decoupage, love of paper crafting has soared, and with it the variety of paper types used by artists. Among these are maps - an apt choice for any crafter: they're easy to find, often free, meant to be folded, and their colorful surfaces add an allure of travel to every project. Making Art from Maps is equal parts inspiration and fun. Jill K. Berry, author of Map...
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"A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. This is the story of a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman--and in a kingdom where the status of one's ancestors dictates their social position, the...
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Robin Wilson is emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the Open University and emeritus professor of geometry at Gresham College, London. He has written and edited many books on topics ranging from graph theory and combinatorics, via sudoku, philately, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, to the history of mathematics. He is currently president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.
On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan...
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Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age of cartography in the sixteenth-century Low Countries to tactile maps in contemporary Brazil. Author Will C. van den Hoonaard examines the history of women in the profession, sets out the situation of women in technical fields and cartography-related organizations, and outlines the challenges they face in their careers. Map Worlds explores women as colourists...
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