Maps depict the development of people's ideas about the earth, and reveal how their world was portrayed, from Ptolemy to a modern map constructed from satellite photographs.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Pomegranate Communications
Release
September 01, 1994
ISBN
0876540809
ISBN 13
9780876540800
The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps
Maps depict the development of people's ideas about the earth, and reveal how their world was portrayed, from Ptolemy to a modern map constructed from satellite photographs.