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  • GIS and Cartographic Modeling

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

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  • Amerigo: A Comedy of Errors in History

    de Stefan Zweig ...
    Amerigo: A Comedy of Errors in History by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Andrew St. James, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 24,000 words and 6 illustrations)Stefan Zweig's Amerigo: A Comedy of Errors in History is the Austrian writer's account of how America got its name. This short, late ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The World of Gerard Mercator

    The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography

    de Andrew Taylor ...
    The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.‘Geographie and Chronologie I may call the Sunne and the Moone, the right eye and the left, of all history.’In ‘The World of Gerard Mercator’, Andrew Taylor chronicles both the story of a great astronomer and mathematician, who was condemned to death as a heretic, and the history of that ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Sad Topographies

    de Damien Rudd ...
    Sad Topographies is an illustrated guide for the melancholic among us.Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across continents in search of the world’s most joyless place names and their fascinating etymologies.Behind each lugubrious place name exists a story, a richly interwoven narrative of mythology, history, landscape, misadventure and tragedy. From Disappointment Island in the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Sea Monsters

    A Voyage around the World's Most Beguiling Map

    de Joseph Nigg ...
    The mythic creature expert and author of Phoenix takes readers through a bestiary of sea monsters featured on the famous 16th century map Carta Marina.In the sixteenth century, sea serpents, giant man-eating lobsters, and other monsters were thought to swim the waters of Norther Europe, threatening seafarers who ventured too far from shore. Thankfully, Scandinavian mariners had Olaus Magnus, who ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cartographic Encounters

    Indigenous Peoples and the Exploration of the New World

    de John Rennie Short ...
    In this major re-interpretation of American history, John Rennie Short argues that until now, both writing about and popular understanding of, the exploration and mapping of the New World has largely ignored the pivotal role played by indigenous people. European mapping of the New World was the product of an exchange of information, a ‘cartographic encounter’ between newcomers and indigenous ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Understanding Geology Through Maps

    de Graham Borradaile ...
    Understanding Geology through Maps guides young professional geologists and students alike in understanding and interpreting the world's dynamic and varying geological landscapes through the liberal use of visual aids including figures, maps, and diagrams. This highly visual reference introduces the skills of interpreting a geological map and relating it to the morphology of the most important ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Mapping the Nation

    History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Historical Atlas of Tibet

    de Karl E. Ryavec ...
    This pioneering work documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic Era to today.Western fascination with Tibet has soared in recent decades, yet this historic and globally celebrated region has barely been mapped. With this groundbreaking atlas, Karl E. Ryavec sweeps aside the image of Tibet as Shangri-La, offering a comprehensive ... Leer más

    $20.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Decolonizing the Map

    Cartography from Colony to Nation

    Edición de James R. Akerman ...
    Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Mapmakers' Quest

    Depicting New Worlds in Renaissance Europe

    de David Buisseret ...
    In 1400 Europe was behind large parts of the world in its understanding of the use of maps. For instance, the people gf China and of Japan were considerably more advanced in this respect. And yet, by 1600 the Europeans had come to use maps for a huge variety of tasks, and were far ahead of the rest of the world in their appreciation of the power and use of cartography. The Mapmakers' Quest seeks ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • New Lines

    Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map

    de Matthew W. Wilson ...
    New Lines takes the pulse of a society increasingly drawn to the power of the digital map, examining the conceptual and technical developments of the field of geographic information science as this work is refracted through a pervasive digital culture. Matthew W. Wilson draws together archival research on the birth of the digital map with a reconsideration of the critical turn in mapping and ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD