The Atlas of Atlases (eBook)

Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them

Philip Parker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
272 Seiten
Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-0-7112-6749-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This beatutiful book is alavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy,and nurture trade. Written by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this bookbrings these fascinating artefacts to life, offering a unique, lavishly illustrated guide to the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them. All key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including: The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the world's first atlas and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius, The 17th-century Klencke one of the world's largest books that requires 6 people to carry it, The Rand McNally Atlas of 1881, still in print today and a book that turned its makers, William H Rand and Andrew McNally into cartographic royalty. This beautiful book will engross readers with its detailed, visually stunning illustrations and fascinating story of how map-making has developed throughout human history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Liber Historica
• Reihe/Serie: Liber Historica
• Zusatzinfo: 300
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 240 x 240 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Schlagworte: adventurer • Africa • Amerigo Vespucci • Andrew McNally • Asia • atlas,atlases • Atlas Mir • Beautiful • book of maps • British Empire • cartographers • catrography • Central America • Charles Darwin • Christmas • Christopher Columbus • Coffee Table Book • Commerce • Conquistadores • David Livingstone • Discover • Discovery • Dutch Empire • Europe • exploration • Explore • Explorer • factual • for men • for women • Geographers' A–Z Street Atla • Geography • Gift • gift for • Global • Globe • greography • historic maps • History • Hudson Bay • Illustrated • interesting • Jacques Cousteau • Japan • Journeys • Klencke Atlas • latitude • longditude • map • Maps • maps that changed the world • Marco Polo • merchant • Military • National Geographic Atlas of the World • naval • Non-fiction • Nonfiction • Non Fiction • North America • North American Environmental Atlas • Oceania • old maps • Pergamon World Atlas • pictorial • Piri Reis ma • present • Rand McNally Atlas • roald admundsen • South America • Spanish Empire • Theatrum Orbis Terrarum • Times Atlas of the Worl • Travel • Trivia • True • Vasco da Gama • Vasco de Gama • Voyage • William H Rand • World
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-6749-9 / 0711267499
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-6749-7 / 9780711267497