The image of the world : 20 centuries of world maps / Peter Whitfield.

Main entry:

Whitfield, Peter, 1947-

Title & Author:

The image of the world : 20 centuries of world maps / Peter Whitfield.

Edition:

[Updated ed.].

Publication:

London : British Library, 2010.

Description:

viii, 144 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 143) and index.
Classical foundations -- The religious imagination -- The play of intellect -- The theatre of the world -- Science and communication.

Summary:

Draws on the collection of maps held by the British Library and other major collections to tell the history of mapmaking.

ISBN:

9780712350891 (paperback)
0712350896 (paperback)

Subject:

Cartography History.
World maps.
Cartographie Histoire.
Cartes du monde.
Cartography
Weltkarte
Kartografie
Wereldkaarten.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
world maps.
World maps
History
Cartes du monde.

Added entries:

British Library.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271350
Call No.: BIB 204406
Status: Available

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