9781402765926-1402765924-The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and Embellishments

The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and Embellishments

ISBN-13: 9781402765926
ISBN-10: 1402765924
Edition: First Edition
Author: Dennis Reinhartz
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardcover 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781402765926
ISBN-10: 1402765924
Edition: First Edition
Author: Dennis Reinhartz
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardcover 240 pages

Summary

The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and Embellishments (ISBN-13: 9781402765926 and ISBN-10: 1402765924), written by authors Dennis Reinhartz, was published by Union Square & Co. in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other World History (Engineering, Cartography, Earth Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and Embellishments (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used World History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.16.

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This lavishly illustrated history of the golden age of cartography, from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, explores not only the embellishments on maps but also what they reveal about the world in which they were created. Here there be monsters real and imagined; ships actual and archetypical; newly discovered flora such as corn and tobacco; fauna ranging from buffalo to unicorns; godlike beings and fantasy-like depictions of native peoples. The stunningly rendered images illuminate an entire world.

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