An Atlas of Geographical Wonders: From Mountaintops to Riverbeds (historical maps and tableaux from the nineteenth century, includes maps by Alexander von Humboldt) by Gilles Palsky, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand

An Atlas of Geographical Wonders: From Mountaintops to Riverbeds (historical maps and tableaux from the nineteenth century, includes maps by Alexander von Humboldt)

Gilles Palsky, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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This is the first book to catalog comparative maps and tableaux that visualize the heights and lengths of the world's mountains and rivers. Produced predominantly in the nineteenth century, these beautifully rendered maps emerged out of the tide o...

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