The Mapmakers
The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography - From Antiquity to the Space Age
$70.19
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2002
Summary
‘An engrossing chapter from the human experience.’ Los Angeles TimesAn updated edition of the classic, much praised history of cartography. It traces the adventures, discoveries, and feats of technical ingenuity by which mapmakers, over the centuries, have succeeded in charting first the surface of the globe, then the earth’s interior and the ocean floors, and finally the moon and the planets of our solar system. The author has added three new chapters, as well as many updates and amplificati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712668125 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712668128 |
| Author: | John Noble Wilford |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 633g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 37mm |
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Critics Review
‘A winning chronicle of mapmakers over time and space… Wilford has combined the accounts to offer a variety of adventures and perceptions not so often well described.’ Scientific American ‘Fascinating… Wilford manages to make everything from the discovery of the longitude to advanced laser-beam technology clear.’ Newsweek ‘One begins to sense how very much of what we know about the makeup of our planet has come to light just the other day as history goes… Wilford has produced a brisk intelligent history.’ New York Times Book Review
About The Author
John Noble Wilford
John Noble Wilford is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science correspondent for the New York Times. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998. He has worked for the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, and, since 1965, the New York Times. He lives in Manhattan and Bellport, Long Island.
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