Main entry:

Bailly, Jean-Christophe, author.

Title & Author:

An atlas of geographical wonders : from mountaintops to riverbeds : a selection of comparative maps and tableaux / Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, Gilles Palsky.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 x 32 cm

Notes:
"Translation of the French edition by Michelle Bailat-Jones"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The great measuring of the world / Jean-Christophe Bailly -- Portraits of groups: Nineteenth-century tableaux of mountains and rivers / Gilles Palsky and Jean-Marc Besse -- Speak to the mind and the imagination: Humboldt's Tableau -- The world's highest mountains -- The world's longest rivers -- Mountains and rivers in contrast -- Thirst for comparison: Islands, lakes, waterfalls, and monuments -- Comparing scales -- The horizontal and the vertical.
Translated from the French.

Summary:

"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 of exploration and scientific developments in measuring techniques. Beginning with the work of explorer Alexander von Humboldt, these historic drawings reveal a world of artistic and imaginative difference. Many of them give way-and with visible joy-to the power of fantasy in a mesmerizing array of realistic and imaginary forms. Most of the maps are from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at Stanford University."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781616898236 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1616898232 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Subject:

Atlases History 19th century.
Mountain mapping History 19th century.
Stream mapping History 19th century.
Prints, European 19th century Themes, motives.
Mountains in art.
Rivers in art.
Atlas Histoire 19e siècle.
Cartographie des montagnes Histoire 19e siècle.
Cartographie des cours d'eau Histoire 19e siècle.
Estampe européenne 19e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Montagnes dans l'art.
Atlases
Mountain mapping
Prints, European Themes, motives
Stream mapping
Atlas
Berg
Fluss
Flusslandschaft
Geologie
Karte
Kartografie
Topografie

Form/genre:

atlases.
prints (visual works)
works of art.
Prints
Informational works
Illustrated works
Atlases
Art
History
Atlas.
Estampes.
Œuvres d'art.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Documents d'information.

Added entries:

Besse, Jean-Marc, author.
Grand, Philippe, 1945- author.
Palsky, Gilles, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 306663
Call No.: BIB 252219
Status: Available