The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps by Peter Whitfield
The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps

Peter Whitfield

The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps

Peter Whitfield

144 pages first pub 1994 (view editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
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Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing them within the context of the wider history of ideas.

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