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On the map : a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks /
Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Gotham Books,
2013.
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MARC
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20150815145907.0 | ||
| 008 | 140321s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng d | ||
| 035 | |a (Sirsi) i9781592407798 | ||
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| 050 | 0 | 4 | |a GA201 |b G37 2013 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Garfield, Simon. |9 416424 | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a On the map : |b a mind-expanding exploration of the way the world looks / |c Simon Garfield. |
| 260 | |a New York, N.Y. : |b Gotham Books, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a 464 páginas : |b ilustraciones, mapas (algunos color) ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Col. maps on lining papers. | ||
| 520 | |a Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore. | ||
| 500 | |a Incluye índices. | ||
| 504 | |a Bibliografía: páginas 446-448. | ||
| 598 | |a NEW | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t For the love of maps : foreword / |r by Dava Sobel -- |g Introduction : the |t map that wrote itself -- |t What great minds knew -- |g The |t men who sold the world -- |g The |t world takes shape -- |t Venice, China and a trip to the moon -- |g The |t mystery of Vinland -- |t Welcome to Amerigo -- |t What's the good of Mercator? -- |g The |t world in a book -- |t Mapping a cittee (without forder troble) -- |t Six increasingly coordinated tales of the Ordnance Survey -- |g The |t legendary mountains of Kong -- |g The |t opening of America and the gridding of Manhattan -- |t Cholera and the map that stopped it -- |t "X" marks the spot : Treasure island -- |g The |t worst journey in the world to the last place to be mapped -- |t Maps in all our hands : a brief history of the guidebook -- |t Casablanca, Harry Potter and where Jennifer Aniston lives -- |t How to make a very big globe -- |g The |t biggest map dealer, the biggest map thief -- |t Driving into lakes : how GPS put the world in a box -- |t Pass go and proceed directly to Skyrim -- |t Mapping the brain -- |g Epilogue : the |t instant, always-on, me-mapping of everywhere. |
| 650 | 4 | |a Cartografía |x Historia. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Cartografía |x Aspectos sociales. | |
| 901 | |a Z0 |b UV# | ||
| 596 | |a 2 | ||
| 942 | |c LIBRO |6 _ | ||
| 999 | |c 274456 |d 274456 | ||