The Mapmakers
The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography - From Antiquity to the Space Age
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A history of cartography tracing the adventures, discoveries & feats of technical ingenuity by which humans have mapped the earth's surface & interior, ocean floors, the moon & planets. Preface 1. Prologue at Dana Butte The map idea The librarian who measured earth First principles of Ptolemy The topography of myth & dogma 1492 Mercator squares the circle 2. Yaki Point The matter of a degree The family that mapped France John Harrison's timepiece Surveyors of sea & shore Soldiers, pundits & the India survey Mapping America: the boundary makers Mapping America: westward the topographers meters, meridians & a new world map 3. Bright Angel Point The winged mappers Radar over the Amazon Deep horizons A continent beneath the ice Mountains of the sea Transcontinental precision Maps for the new geography 4. The flight out Mapping from space Extraterrestrial mapping: the moon Extraterrestrial mapping: Mars Bibliographical Notes Acknowledgments Index
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The Mapmakers, John Wilford
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- Année de publication
- 1981
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- Titre
- The Mapmakers
- Sous-titre
- The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography - From Antiquity to the Space Age
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- John Wilford
- Publié
- 1981
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 430
- ISBN10
- 0394461940
- ISBN13
- 9780394461946
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Cartes et voyages, Histoire, Voyage, Géographie & Topographie, Science, Cartes & Atlas, Cartographie
- Évaluation
- 4 sur 5
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- A history of cartography tracing the adventures, discoveries & feats of technical ingenuity by which humans have mapped the earth's surface & interior, ocean floors, the moon & planets. Preface 1. Prologue at Dana Butte The map idea The librarian who measured earth First principles of Ptolemy The topography of myth & dogma 1492 Mercator squares the circle 2. Yaki Point The matter of a degree The family that mapped France John Harrison's timepiece Surveyors of sea & shore Soldiers, pundits & the India survey Mapping America: the boundary makers Mapping America: westward the topographers meters, meridians & a new world map 3. Bright Angel Point The winged mappers Radar over the Amazon Deep horizons A continent beneath the ice Mountains of the sea Transcontinental precision Maps for the new geography 4. The flight out Mapping from space Extraterrestrial mapping: the moon Extraterrestrial mapping: Mars Bibliographical Notes Acknowledgments Index