The Story of Maps.
by Brown, Lloyd A. (Arnold)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/worn
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Chapter headings: The Earth Takes Shape; The Habitable World; The World of Claudius Ptolemy; The Middle Ages; Charts and the Haven-Finding Art; The Map and Chart Trade; The Latitude; The Longitude; Survey of a Country; Survey of a World; Bibliography, pages 341-373; Index. 393 pages, illustrations include color frontispiece; 26 cm. Pictorial dust jacket worn & chipped, spine darkened; the book Very Good. Stock#ofc0591.
A second copy, paperback (PLEASE SPECIFY WHEN ORDERING). N.Y., Dover, 1979. First published 1949, Lloyd Brown's history of maps is still the one to read. Soft Cover. xix, 397 pages, 86 illustrations, 23.5 cm. Softcover; Very Good, slight shelfwear. Stock#ofc0591b / $20.
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- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ofc0591
- Title
- The Story of Maps.
- Author
- Brown, Lloyd A. (Arnold)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- worn
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- geography surveying cartography mapmaking history of the world mapping
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: World; Cartography & Mapmaking;
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