Globes: 400 Years of Exploration, Navigation, and Power by Sylvia Sumira - 2014-02-06

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2014. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 5; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with both black and white and color reproductions of globes and maps.

University of Chicago Press, 2014-04-22. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. Cloth, 224 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "All you ever wanted to know about the history of globes and how they have been made. See inside them as well as admire their geographical and astronomical exteriors in this beautifully illustrated book by a real expert, Sylvia Sumira. Some of the most famous globes in the world and those from the British Library's rarely displayed collection are revealed in their various guises; as symbols of power and mathematical instruments of geography and astronomy, as well as teaching aids and games for young people. A book not to be missed." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The parts of a globe; A brief history of globes; The making of globes; The globes. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 11.50x9.00x1.00 inches.