Download or read book The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book written by Philip Parker and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Library has one of the largest and most impressive cartographic collections in the world, including manuscript maps and atlases, administrative records and plans, large-scale surveys, and digital maps. From this rich resource, 100 fascinating examples ranging from world and city maps, celestial and sea charts, literary and statistical maps, curiosities and fake maps have been selected as the basis for this puzzle book. Each map is faithfully reproduced with a description of its creation and use, followed by details showing areas of particular interest. Readers are asked to scrutinize the maps to answer a series of historical and geographical questions, all the while enjoying new perspectives on the world we live in provided by our eclectic and extensive archive.
Download or read book Atlas written by Tom Harper and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publication in 1595 of the first "atlas" by the Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books containing accurate, uniform and evenly spread maps of all or some of the world. This is an atlas with a difference. Few of the maps in this book could reasonably be called "accurate" in the modern sense and could almost certainly not be used to plan a journey. Yet this atlas can help us to travel in a way that regular atlases do not, because by looking at old maps and getting to know their stories we can be transported back to the times in which they were made. The generous, full-color illustrations of each map in this large-format book range from the Klencke Atlas (1660) to Hokusai's map of China (1840-41), from a 1682 pirate map of Guatemala to 20th-century cartographic postcards featuring maps of Australia.
Download or read book Magnificent Maps written by Peter Barber and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the British Library, London, April 30-Sept. 19, 2010.
Download or read book The Map Collections of the British Library written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Library Map Collections written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the British Library Map Collections, the national collection of cartographic materials housed in the British Library in London, England. Provides information about the collections, services, exhibitions, and events.
Download or read book The British Library s Map Collections and the National Topographic Memory written by T. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maps in the Atlases of The British Library written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are catalogues of individual maps in The British Library, up to now there has been no thorough listing of the maps in the Library's large collection of atlases, including the general works of geography, history, and travel which contain nine or more maps. As to be expected, English material predominates, but the Library's holdings of Dutch, French, and German atlases are substantial, and there are also many atlases from other European countries, as well as those of Arabic, Persian, and Oriental origin. Over 100 atlases are composite in nature, often preserving rare material not found elsewhere. Details of atlas publication, provenance, colour, and binding are provided together with itemisation of each map, cross references, and scholarly source material.
Download or read book British Library Maps Writing Set written by British Library and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab a sheet of paper and get writing, drawing, take notes, doodle, and anything else your imagination can come up with! These three beautiful and practical notebooks come from the British Library, and feature a stylish map showing the voyages of Captain Cook around the world. One notebook is lined, the second is blank and the third has graph paper. This set is being published alongside an exhibition on Cook, and is a brand new line of stationery from the British Library.
Download or read book British Library Map Collection written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maps in the Atlases of The British Library written by Rodney W. Shirley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying ... "CD-ROM contains the index to the two printed volumes. Searches can be made for principal atlas-makers or book authors, personal names of surveyors, map-makers, engravers, etc., or geographical area of map." -- disc label.
Download or read book The Royal Map Collections of England written by Helen Wallis and published by UC Biblioteca Geral 1. This book was released on 1981 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Material on Nautical Cartography in the British Library 1550 1650 written by Helen Wallis and published by UC Biblioteca Geral 1. This book was released on 1984 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Map Collections written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maps from the British Library written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 12 sheets of quality standard-size gift wrap features maps from the British Library, the UK's national library, from the late-16th to the 19th century...
Download or read book The Map Book written by Peter Barber and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the historical development of maps and mapping from the Bronze Age to the present, collecting some 175 maps spanning ten millennia that represent the progress of civilization and technology, from military plans that depict enemy positions, to the famed London Underground layout, to the digitally enhanced renderings of today.
Download or read book The Map Collections written by India Office Library and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Banquet of Maps written by Helen Wallis and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
