Cartographia : mapping civilizations / Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress ; introduction by Ronald E. Grim ; afterword by James H. Billington.

  • Virga, Vincent.
Date:
2007
  • Books

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Description

A collection of over two hundred maps, including pages from "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" and the human genome map, which provides information on the history of cartography as well as background information about the cultural, social, and economic conditions of the time in which the maps were drawn.

Publication/Creation

New York, N.Y. : Little, Brown and Co., 2007.

Physical description

266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 35 cm

Edition

1st ed.

Notes

Maps on lining papers.
Ill. on frontispiece.

Bibliographic information

Includes cartobibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.

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ISBN

  • 9780316997669
  • 0316997668
  • 0821257579
  • 9780821257579