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The Un-Discovered Islands

An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes

by Malachy Tallack ...

A critically acclaimed author invites readers on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map.Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of ... Read more

$17.29 USD

A critically acclaimed author invites readers on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map.Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of
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Maps, Annotated

The World's 300 Greatest Maps Explained

by DK ...

This fascinating history of cartography includes more than 300 maps, from the ancient world to the present day.Combining stunning reproductions with clear annotations and pull-out details, it is an expertly curated selection of the finest examples ever created.Delve into Maps, Annotated and find out how the Polynesians used sticks to chart their way across the Pacific, what a meridian is, and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This fascinating history of cartography includes more than 300 maps, from the ancient world to the present day.Combining stunning reproductions with clear annotations and pull-out details, it is an expertly curated selection of the finest examples ever created.Delve into Maps, Annotated and find out how the Polynesians used sticks to chart their way across the Pacific, what a meridian is, and
... Read more
Wild Maps for Curious Minds

100 New Ways to See the Natural World

by Mike Higgins ...

Series series Maps for Curious Minds
The natural world has never been wilder—with 100 fiercely fun, curiously captivating, and amazingly adventurous maps. And don’t miss the other books in the series, Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds and North American Maps for Curious Minds!Which nations have launched animals into space? Where are the world’s cat people? How many humans live in high-risk zones for natural disasters? How far do you ... Read more

$12.39 USD

The natural world has never been wilder—with 100 fiercely fun, curiously captivating, and amazingly adventurous maps. And don’t miss the other books in the series, Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds and North American Maps for Curious Minds!Which nations have launched animals into space? Where are the world’s cat people? How many humans live in high-risk zones for natural disasters? How far do you
... Read more
Bird Atlas 2007-11

The Breeding and Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland

by Bob Swann, Simon Gillings, Iain Downie, Brian Caffrey, Rob Fuller, Dawn Balmer ...

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 is the definitive statement on breeding and winter bird distributions in Britain and Ireland.Building on previous atlases (1968–1972 Breeding Atlas, 1981–1984 Winter Atlas, 1988–1991 Breeding Atlas), it shows how the fortunes of the birds of Britain and Ireland have changed over the last 40 years. The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 presents ... Read more

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Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 is the definitive statement on breeding and winter bird distributions in Britain and Ireland.Building on previous atlases (1968–1972 Breeding Atlas, 1981–1984 Winter Atlas, 1988–1991 Breeding Atlas), it shows how the fortunes of the birds of Britain and Ireland have changed over the last 40 years. The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 presents
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The Lost Subways of North America

A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been

by Jake Berman ...

A visual exploration of the transit histories of twenty-three US and Canadian cities.Every driver in North America shares one miserable, soul-sucking universal experience—being stuck in traffic. But things weren’t always like this. Why is it that the mass transit systems of most cities in the United States and Canada are now utterly inadequate?The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to ... Read more

$25.19 USD

A visual exploration of the transit histories of twenty-three US and Canadian cities.Every driver in North America shares one miserable, soul-sucking universal experience—being stuck in traffic. But things weren’t always like this. Why is it that the mass transit systems of most cities in the United States and Canada are now utterly inadequate?The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to
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Cartography

The Ideal and Its History

by Matthew H. Edney ...

"In his most ambitious work to date, [Edney] questions the very concept of 'cartography' to argue that this flawed ideal has hobbled the study of maps." —Susan Schulten, author of A History of America in 100 MapsOver the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time ... Read more

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"In his most ambitious work to date, [Edney] questions the very concept of 'cartography' to argue that this flawed ideal has hobbled the study of maps." —Susan Schulten, author of A History of America in 100 MapsOver the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scholarship about maps and mapping practices across time
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How to Lie with Maps

by Mark Monmonier ...

An updated edition of the "humorous, informative and perceptive" guide to how maps can lead us astray ( Toronto Globe and Mail).An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make—consciously or unconsciously—mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles Mark Monmonier ... Read more

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An updated edition of the "humorous, informative and perceptive" guide to how maps can lead us astray ( Toronto Globe and Mail).An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make—consciously or unconsciously—mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles Mark Monmonier
... Read more
Maps & Civilization

Cartography in Culture and Society

by Norman J. W. Thrower ...

A concise introduction to the history of cartography.In Maps & Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various ... Read more

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A concise introduction to the history of cartography.In Maps & Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various
... Read more
A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps

by Tim Bryars, Tom Harper ...

This beautifully illustrated history of twentieth century cartography charts a century of social and political change through 100 fascinating maps.The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking. Maps were employed not only to chart geography and history but also myriad political and social agendas. Here Tim Bryars and Tom Harper select one hundred maps from the twentieth century that reveal ... Read more

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This beautifully illustrated history of twentieth century cartography charts a century of social and political change through 100 fascinating maps.The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking. Maps were employed not only to chart geography and history but also myriad political and social agendas. Here Tim Bryars and Tom Harper select one hundred maps from the twentieth century that reveal
... Read more
Map of a Nation

A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

by Rachel Hewitt ...

This "absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey"—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome" ( The Guardian, UK).Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and this is—amazingly—the ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This "absorbing history of the Ordnance Survey"—the first complete map of the British Isles—"charts the many hurdles map-makers have had to overcome" ( The Guardian, UK).Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey is a much beloved British institution, and this is—amazingly—the
... Read more
The Island of Lost Maps

A True Story of Cartographic Crime

by Miles Harvey ...

The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation had gone virtually undetected until he was caught in 1995 ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation had gone virtually undetected until he was caught in 1995
... Read more
Mapping the Nation

History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America

by Susan Schulten ...

"A compelling read" that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery ( Journal of American History).In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. For the first time, medical men mapped diseases to understand and prevent epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate and rainfall to uncover weather patterns, educators ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A compelling read" that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery ( Journal of American History).In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. For the first time, medical men mapped diseases to understand and prevent epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate and rainfall to uncover weather patterns, educators
... Read more
Mapping the Great Game

Explorers, Spies and Maps in 19th-Century Asia

by Riaz Dean ...

The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography.In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, ... Read more

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The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography.In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan,
... Read more
The Fourth Part of the World

The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name

by Toby Lester ...

“Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507.” So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia. They drew the three continents in countless shapes and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507.” So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia. They drew the three continents in countless shapes and
... Read more
The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps

by Benjamin B. Olshin ...

What's the truth behind the travels of Marco Polo? "A fascinating tale about maps, history and exploration."— Times Literary Supplement (UK)In the thirteenth century, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo traveled from Venice to the far reaches of Asia, a journey he chronicled in a narrative titled Il Milione, later known as The Travels of Marco Polo. While Polo's writings would go on to ... Read more

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What's the truth behind the travels of Marco Polo? "A fascinating tale about maps, history and exploration."— Times Literary Supplement (UK)In the thirteenth century, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo traveled from Venice to the far reaches of Asia, a journey he chronicled in a narrative titled Il Milione, later known as The Travels of Marco Polo. While Polo's writings would go on to
... Read more
The Measure of Manhattan

The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor

by Marguerite Holloway ...

"Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA TodayJohn Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned for his inventiveness as well as for his bombast and irascibility, Randel was central to Manhattan’s development but died in financial ruin. Telling Randel’s engrossing and dramatic life story for the ... Read more

$12.39 USD

"Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA TodayJohn Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned for his inventiveness as well as for his bombast and irascibility, Randel was central to Manhattan’s development but died in financial ruin. Telling Randel’s engrossing and dramatic life story for the
... Read more
You Are Here

Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall

by Colin Ellard ...

An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place.In the age of GPS and iPhones, human beings it would seem have mastered the art of direction, but does the need for these devices signal something else—that as a species we are actually hopelessly lost. In fact we've filled our world with signs and arrows. We still get lost ... Read more

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An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place.In the age of GPS and iPhones, human beings it would seem have mastered the art of direction, but does the need for these devices signal something else—that as a species we are actually hopelessly lost. In fact we've filled our world with signs and arrows. We still get lost
... Read more
Map Addict

The Bestselling Tale of an Obsession

by Mike Parker ...

'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said…'Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read, completely updated in 2023.On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke, ... Read more

$5.49 USD

'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said…'Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read, completely updated in 2023.On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke,
... Read more
Never Lost Again

The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality

by Bill Kilday ...

As enlightening as The Facebook Effect, Elon Musk, and Chaos Monkeys—the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most essential applications ever devised, and the rag-tag team that built it and changed how we navigate the worldNever Lost Again chronicles the evolution of mapping technology—the "overnight success twenty years in the making." Bill Kilday takes us behind the ... Read more

$10.99 USD

As enlightening as The Facebook Effect, Elon Musk, and Chaos Monkeys—the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most essential applications ever devised, and the rag-tag team that built it and changed how we navigate the worldNever Lost Again chronicles the evolution of mapping technology—the "overnight success twenty years in the making." Bill Kilday takes us behind the
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Listening to the Wind

by Tim Robinson ...

A mapmaker's vivid journey through the geography, ecology, and history of Ireland's Connemara region.Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history.We begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A mapmaker's vivid journey through the geography, ecology, and history of Ireland's Connemara region.Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history.We begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils
... Read more
Cartographic Japan

A History in Maps

Edited by Kären Wigen, Sugimoto Fumiko, Cary Karacas ...

This "deeply rewarding compilation of maps" offers a gorgeously illustrated tour through the evolution of Japan from the Edo Period to the Digital Age ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Japanese society underwent a cartographic renaissance in the late sixteenth century that would eventually turn maps and mapmaking into a central part of daily life. Since that time, the nation's society and landscape ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This "deeply rewarding compilation of maps" offers a gorgeously illustrated tour through the evolution of Japan from the Edo Period to the Digital Age ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Japanese society underwent a cartographic renaissance in the late sixteenth century that would eventually turn maps and mapmaking into a central part of daily life. Since that time, the nation's society and landscape
... Read more
Terrible Maps

Hilarious Maps for a Ridiculous World

by Michael Howe ...

The joys of the world, one terrible map at a time – this is the ultimate gift book for the budding geographer or anyone who wants to have a laugh.Ever wondered about the average jean colour across the United States? Or what ‘pedestrians’ look like in Denmark? What unites Brokenwind, Upton Snodsbury and Crackpot? And have you ever tried to take a train in Antarctica? Well Terrible Maps is the book ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The joys of the world, one terrible map at a time – this is the ultimate gift book for the budding geographer or anyone who wants to have a laugh.Ever wondered about the average jean colour across the United States? Or what ‘pedestrians’ look like in Denmark? What unites Brokenwind, Upton Snodsbury and Crackpot? And have you ever tried to take a train in Antarctica? Well Terrible Maps is the book
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Diccionario de cartografía

by Miquel J. Pavón Besalú ...

Diccionario con los términos de cartografía y topografía más habituales en cualquier tipo de mapa o plano. ... Read more

$3.77 USD

Diccionario con los términos de cartografía y topografía más habituales en cualquier tipo de mapa o plano.
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GIS and Cartographic Modeling

by C. Dana Tomlin ...

GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS. By focusing on the fundamentals of cartographic modeling techniques, C. Dana Tomlin illustrates concepts that can be applied to any ... Read more

$51.89 USD

GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS. By focusing on the fundamentals of cartographic modeling techniques, C. Dana Tomlin illustrates concepts that can be applied to any
... Read more

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