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Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and help users to understand it? This book tells the story of how widely accepted mapping conventions originated and evolved—from map(...)
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Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and help users to understand it? This book tells the story of how widely accepted mapping conventions originated and evolved—from map(...)
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Why North is up: map conventions and where they came from
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Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and help users to understand it? This book tells the story of how widely accepted mapping conventions originated and evolved—from map orientation, projections, typography, and scale, to the use of color, symbols, ways of representing relief, and the treatment of boundaries and place names. It charts the fascinating story of how conventions have changed in response to new technologies and ever-changing mapping requirements, how symbols can be a matter of life or death, why universal acceptance of conventions can be difficult to achieve, and how new mapping conventions are developing to meet the needs of modern cartography. "Why North is Up" offers a guide to the sometimes hidden techniques of map-making through the centuries.
Why North is up: map conventions and where they came from
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Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? How have cartographers through the centuries developed their craft and established a language of maps which helps them to better represent our world and help users to understand it? This book tells the story of how widely accepted mapping conventions originated and evolved—from map orientation, projections, typography, and scale, to the use of color, symbols, ways of representing relief, and the treatment of boundaries and place names. It charts the fascinating story of how conventions have changed in response to new technologies and ever-changing mapping requirements, how symbols can be a matter of life or death, why universal acceptance of conventions can be difficult to achieve, and how new mapping conventions are developing to meet the needs of modern cartography. "Why North is Up" offers a guide to the sometimes hidden techniques of map-making through the centuries.
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Talking maps
Talking maps
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By(...)
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By(...)
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Architectural Plans and Cartography
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November 2019
November 2019
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Talking maps
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By telling the stories behind the artifacts and those generated by them, "Talking Maps " reveals how each map is not just a tool for navigation but also a worldly proposal that helps us to understand who we are by describing where we are.
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Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people’s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. By telling the stories behind the artifacts and those generated by them, "Talking Maps " reveals how each map is not just a tool for navigation but also a worldly proposal that helps us to understand who we are by describing where we are.
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November 2019
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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 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(...)
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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 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(...)
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Architectural Plans and Cartography
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September 2019
September 2019
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An atlas of geographical wonders: from mountaintops to riverbeds
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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 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.
An atlas of geographical wonders: from mountaintops to riverbeds
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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 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.
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September 2019
September 2019
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Le temps de l'île
Le temps de l'île
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Hommage aux îles dans les arts. En tant que lieu périphérique et marginal figurant l'autre et l'ailleurs, l'espace îlien interroge les savoirs, les sociétés, la philosophie, le cinéma, la poésie ou encore la politique.
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Hommage aux îles dans les arts. En tant que lieu périphérique et marginal figurant l'autre et l'ailleurs, l'espace îlien interroge les savoirs, les sociétés, la philosophie, le cinéma, la poésie ou encore la politique.
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Architectural Plans and Cartography
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August 2019
August 2019
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Le temps de l'île
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Hommage aux îles dans les arts. En tant que lieu périphérique et marginal figurant l'autre et l'ailleurs, l'espace îlien interroge les savoirs, les sociétés, la philosophie, le cinéma, la poésie ou encore la politique.
Le temps de l'île
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Hommage aux îles dans les arts. En tant que lieu périphérique et marginal figurant l'autre et l'ailleurs, l'espace îlien interroge les savoirs, les sociétés, la philosophie, le cinéma, la poésie ou encore la politique.
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August 2019
August 2019
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In the late nineteenth century, Charles Booth’s landmark social and economic survey found that 35 percent of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Booth’s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed(...)
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In the late nineteenth century, Charles Booth’s landmark social and economic survey found that 35 percent of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Booth’s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed(...)
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Architectural Plans and Cartography
Architectural Plans and Cartography
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November 2019
November 2019
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Charles Booth's London poverty maps: a landmark reasessment of Booth's social survey
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In the late nineteenth century, Charles Booth’s landmark social and economic survey found that 35 percent of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Booth’s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed the basis of Booth’s colour-coded social mapping (from vicious and semi-criminal to wealthy) and his seventeen-volume survey "Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People of London, 1886–1903". Organized into six geographical sections, "Charles Booth’s London poverty map"s presents the hand-coloured preparatory and printed social mapping of London. Accompanying the maps are reproductions of pages from the original notebooks, containing anecdotes and observations too judgmental for Booth to include in his final published survey. An introduction by professor Mary S. Morgan clarifies the aims and methodology of Booth’s survey and six themed essays contextualize the the survey’s findings, accompanied by evocative period photographs.
Charles Booth's London poverty maps: a landmark reasessment of Booth's social survey
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In the late nineteenth century, Charles Booth’s landmark social and economic survey found that 35 percent of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Booth’s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed the basis of Booth’s colour-coded social mapping (from vicious and semi-criminal to wealthy) and his seventeen-volume survey "Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People of London, 1886–1903". Organized into six geographical sections, "Charles Booth’s London poverty map"s presents the hand-coloured preparatory and printed social mapping of London. Accompanying the maps are reproductions of pages from the original notebooks, containing anecdotes and observations too judgmental for Booth to include in his final published survey. An introduction by professor Mary S. Morgan clarifies the aims and methodology of Booth’s survey and six themed essays contextualize the the survey’s findings, accompanied by evocative period photographs.
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November 2019
November 2019
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Mappa insulae
Mappa insulae
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Dans l'univers sans fin des cartes, les cartes d'îles possèdent un charme tout particulier. Les deux mondes, des cartes et des îles, s'y croisent, laissant émerger des formes riches et colorées. Cinq artistes, collectionneurs, chercheurs ont formé le collectif Stevenson pour en explorer et en célébrer les beautés, les incongruités, les fantaisies autant que la précision(...)
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Dans l'univers sans fin des cartes, les cartes d'îles possèdent un charme tout particulier. Les deux mondes, des cartes et des îles, s'y croisent, laissant émerger des formes riches et colorées. Cinq artistes, collectionneurs, chercheurs ont formé le collectif Stevenson pour en explorer et en célébrer les beautés, les incongruités, les fantaisies autant que la précision(...)
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Mappa insulae
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Dans l'univers sans fin des cartes, les cartes d'îles possèdent un charme tout particulier. Les deux mondes, des cartes et des îles, s'y croisent, laissant émerger des formes riches et colorées. Cinq artistes, collectionneurs, chercheurs ont formé le collectif Stevenson pour en explorer et en célébrer les beautés, les incongruités, les fantaisies autant que la précision et la finesse. De la mise en commun de leurs trésors cartographiques chinés, dénichés, inhumés et patiemment amassés, est né Mappa insulae. Les îles s'y montrent parfois dans leur isolement absolu, cerclées d'une épaisseur bleue qui les sépare du reste du monde ; parfois en archipel, éparpillées "comme autant de pépins crachés dans l'eau" ; parfois encore simplement suggérées, récifs tapis sous des noms calligraphiés sur les flots. De carte en carte, d'île en île, de pensées en poèmes, nous voilà embarqués pour une traversée érudite et insolite.
Mappa insulae
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Dans l'univers sans fin des cartes, les cartes d'îles possèdent un charme tout particulier. Les deux mondes, des cartes et des îles, s'y croisent, laissant émerger des formes riches et colorées. Cinq artistes, collectionneurs, chercheurs ont formé le collectif Stevenson pour en explorer et en célébrer les beautés, les incongruités, les fantaisies autant que la précision et la finesse. De la mise en commun de leurs trésors cartographiques chinés, dénichés, inhumés et patiemment amassés, est né Mappa insulae. Les îles s'y montrent parfois dans leur isolement absolu, cerclées d'une épaisseur bleue qui les sépare du reste du monde ; parfois en archipel, éparpillées "comme autant de pépins crachés dans l'eau" ; parfois encore simplement suggérées, récifs tapis sous des noms calligraphiés sur les flots. De carte en carte, d'île en île, de pensées en poèmes, nous voilà embarqués pour une traversée érudite et insolite.
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September 2019
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In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro—aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers—have compiled three atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city—San Francisco, New Orleans, and New(...)
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In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro—aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers—have compiled three atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city—San Francisco, New Orleans, and New(...)
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Inifinite cities: a trilogy of Atlases. San Francisco, New Orleans, New York
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In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro—aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers—have compiled three atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city—San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York—as experienced by its different inhabitants, replete with the celebrations and contradictions that make up urban life.
Inifinite cities: a trilogy of Atlases. San Francisco, New Orleans, New York
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In the past decade, Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro—aided by local writers, artists, historians, urbanists, ethnographers, and cartographers—have compiled three atlases that have radically changed the way we think about place. Each atlas provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of a city—San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York—as experienced by its different inhabitants, replete with the celebrations and contradictions that make up urban life.
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Parcourant le monde à travers des cartes de toutes provenances et de toutes époques, l'écrivain de voyage Francisca Mattéoli raconte une vingtaine d'histoires étonnantes sur la géographie des lieux pour comprendre comment les endroits les plus magiques de la planète ont été révélés au plus grand nombre. De la route 66 avec les premiers colons, en passant par la découverte(...)
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Parcourant le monde à travers des cartes de toutes provenances et de toutes époques, l'écrivain de voyage Francisca Mattéoli raconte une vingtaine d'histoires étonnantes sur la géographie des lieux pour comprendre comment les endroits les plus magiques de la planète ont été révélés au plus grand nombre. De la route 66 avec les premiers colons, en passant par la découverte(...)
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Map stories. Histoires de cartes
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Parcourant le monde à travers des cartes de toutes provenances et de toutes époques, l'écrivain de voyage Francisca Mattéoli raconte une vingtaine d'histoires étonnantes sur la géographie des lieux pour comprendre comment les endroits les plus magiques de la planète ont été révélés au plus grand nombre. De la route 66 avec les premiers colons, en passant par la découverte tardive de Petra ou des Maldives, c'est un voyage dans le temps et dans l'espace pour mieux appréhender le monde tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui et la place que nous y avons.
Map stories. Histoires de cartes
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Parcourant le monde à travers des cartes de toutes provenances et de toutes époques, l'écrivain de voyage Francisca Mattéoli raconte une vingtaine d'histoires étonnantes sur la géographie des lieux pour comprendre comment les endroits les plus magiques de la planète ont été révélés au plus grand nombre. De la route 66 avec les premiers colons, en passant par la découverte tardive de Petra ou des Maldives, c'est un voyage dans le temps et dans l'espace pour mieux appréhender le monde tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui et la place que nous y avons.
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December 2015
December 2015
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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City is a beautiful, compelling anthology of over six centuries of London maps, tracing the mesmerizing evolution of the city and exploring the hopes and fears of its inhabitants as history unfolds. The book is a cartographic journey, charting the influence of Roman city planning, Saxon feudalism, Medieval tumult, imperial hubris,(...)
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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City is a beautiful, compelling anthology of over six centuries of London maps, tracing the mesmerizing evolution of the city and exploring the hopes and fears of its inhabitants as history unfolds. The book is a cartographic journey, charting the influence of Roman city planning, Saxon feudalism, Medieval tumult, imperial hubris,(...)
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Mapping London: making sense of the city
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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City is a beautiful, compelling anthology of over six centuries of London maps, tracing the mesmerizing evolution of the city and exploring the hopes and fears of its inhabitants as history unfolds. The book is a cartographic journey, charting the influence of Roman city planning, Saxon feudalism, Medieval tumult, imperial hubris, contemporary town planning and more on this great metropolis. In this comprehensive survey the maps are allowed to speak for themselves, revealing not only their political and social context, but also the dreams of their makers and the drama of their creation. Often these maps are objects of great skill and beauty and the names of the greatest of their makers are still revered today. A lavishly illustrated hardback book, Mapping London explores the city through the ages in all its labyrinthine glory.
Mapping London: making sense of the city
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Mapping London: Making Sense of the City is a beautiful, compelling anthology of over six centuries of London maps, tracing the mesmerizing evolution of the city and exploring the hopes and fears of its inhabitants as history unfolds. The book is a cartographic journey, charting the influence of Roman city planning, Saxon feudalism, Medieval tumult, imperial hubris, contemporary town planning and more on this great metropolis. In this comprehensive survey the maps are allowed to speak for themselves, revealing not only their political and social context, but also the dreams of their makers and the drama of their creation. Often these maps are objects of great skill and beauty and the names of the greatest of their makers are still revered today. A lavishly illustrated hardback book, Mapping London explores the city through the ages in all its labyrinthine glory.
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January 2008, London
January 2008, London
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Transit maps of the world
Transit maps of the world
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Transit Maps of the World is the first, and only, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system map on earth. Using glorious graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit - including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is a coffee-table essential for anyone(...)
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Transit Maps of the World is the first, and only, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system map on earth. Using glorious graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit - including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is a coffee-table essential for anyone(...)
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Architectural Plans and Cartography
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October 2007, New York, Toronto, London
October 2007, New York, Toronto, London
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Transit maps of the world
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Transit Maps of the World is the first, and only, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system map on earth. Using glorious graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit - including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is a coffee-table essential for anyone who's ever traveled in a city, as well as a graphic designer's bible, a transport enthusiast's dream, and the ideal gift for the most challenging relative! Pick up Transit Maps of the World for a truly unusual journey.
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Transit Maps of the World is the first, and only, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system map on earth. Using glorious graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit - including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is a coffee-table essential for anyone who's ever traveled in a city, as well as a graphic designer's bible, a transport enthusiast's dream, and the ideal gift for the most challenging relative! Pick up Transit Maps of the World for a truly unusual journey.
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October 2007, New York, Toronto, London
October 2007, New York, Toronto, London
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