The Mapmakers

The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography - From Antiquity to the Space Age

Auteurs

• John Wilford

Paramètres

• 430 pages
• 16 heures de lecture

• Cartes et voyages
• Géographie & Topographie
• Histoire
• Nonfiction
• Tourisme / Voyage

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A history of cartography tracing the adventures, discoveries & feats of technical ingenuity by which humans have mapped the earth's surface & interior, ocean floors, the moon & planets. Preface 1. Prologue at Dana Butte The map idea The librarian who measured earth First principles of Ptolemy The topography of myth & dogma 1492 Mercator squares the circle 2. Yaki Point The matter of a degree The family that mapped France John Harrison's timepiece Surveyors of sea & shore Soldiers, pundits & the India survey Mapping America: the boundary makers Mapping America: westward the topographers meters, meridians & a new world map 3. Bright Angel Point The winged mappers Radar over the Amazon Deep horizons A continent beneath the ice Mountains of the sea Transcontinental precision Maps for the new geography 4. The flight out Mapping from space Extraterrestrial mapping: the moon Extraterrestrial mapping: Mars Bibliographical Notes Acknowledgments Index

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• Moisissure
• Déchirure importante

• Année de publication: 1981
• Reliure: (rigide),
• État du livre: Abîmé
• Prix: 10,85 €