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Présentation de l'éditeur
The story of maps through time and
aeross the world, from the rock maps of
Africa to satellite imaging
A fascinating introduetion to the beliefs
and attitudes of different cultures, to the
history of scicntific development-and of
conquest and colonization
Who made these maps and why?
This book providcs an essential primer for
the potentially misleading language
of cartography
A painstaking seleetion for reproduetion of the most important, rcpresentative and sometimcs breathtakingly beautiful maps
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HAZIRLANIYOR
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- ÉditeurFirefly Books Ltd
- Date d'édition2003
- ISBN 10 1552978117
- ISBN 13 9781552978115
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages224
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