Great maps
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Published
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2014.
Edition
First American edition.
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Status
Cambria Library - Adult Nonfiction
912.09
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Published
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English

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Includes index.
Description
Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

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