Map : exploring the world /

300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves. Selected by an international panel of cartographers, academics, map dealers and collectors, the maps represent over 5,000 years of cartographic innovation drawing...

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Other Authors: Clarke, Victoria (Editor), Pickles, Rosie (Editor), Cooke, Tim (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2015.
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