Cartographia : mapping civilizations /Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress
Virga, Vincent2007
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These maps are models of time, diaries of intrigue, and illuminating works of art. More than 200 maps, selected from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. Cartographia introduces the reader to a way of reading maps as travelogues
Main title:
Cartographia : mapping civilizations /Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress / Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress
Imprint:
New York Little Brown and Company c2007
Collation:
266 p illustrations (chiefly colour ) maps (chiefly colour)
Contents:
Introduction: Theater of the World -- The Mediterranean World -- The Babylonians -- The Enyptians -- The Greeks -- The Etruscans -- The Romans -- The Islamic World -- The Holy Land -- The Mediterranean Sea -- The Three-Part World -- Asia -- Africa -- Europe -- The Fourth Part: The Americas -- Latin America -- Anglo America -- The Fifth Part: Oceania and Antarctica -- Oceania -- Antarctica -- Epilogue: the unseen cultural world
ISBN:
9780316997669 (hbk)
Dewey class:
912 CAR
Local class:
912
Language:
English
BRN:
3792
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