Antique Maps

Author : Carl Moreland
Publisher : Phaidon Incorporated Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780714829548
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antique Maps written by Carl Moreland and published by Phaidon Incorporated Limited. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standard reference work and collector's guide to old maps. Antique Maps is now firmly established as a definitive reference work. With extensive information on the general historical background, details of all the major map-makers and practical advice on collecting old maps, it provides an excellent introduction for the beginner as well as a mass of precise and clearly organized information for the expert and the serious collector. A beautiful edition in itself, this timeless volume evokes the elegance of maps from the past and the charm of all the distant places they suggest, to show them not only as historical artefacts but also as works of art.

Author : Jonathan Potter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780951157763
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collecting Antique Maps written by Jonathan Potter and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katharine A. Harmon
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568984308
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Are Here written by Katharine A. Harmon and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's Island to Gilligan's Island. There are speculative maps of the world before it was known, and maps to secret places known only to the mapmaker. Artists' maps show another kind of uncharted realm: the imagination. What all these maps have in common is their creators' willingness to venture beyond the boundaries of geography or convention. You Are Here is a wide-ranging collection of such superbly inventive maps. These are charts of places you're not expected to find, but a voyage you take in your mind: an exploration of the ideal country estate from a dog's perspective; a guide to buried treasure on Skeleton Island; a trip down the road to success; or the world as imagined by an inmate of a mental institution. With over 100 maps from artists, cartographers, and explorers, You are Here gives the reader a breath-taking view of worlds, both real and imaginary.

Author : Simon Forty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars written by Simon Forty and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 100 maps that provide a fascinating insight into the organization of some of the greatest military campaigns in history, including the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo. The accompanying narrative charts the history, and detailed captions explain the significance of each map.

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 145216844X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Phantom Atlas written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meet This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true. Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies. Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet. Cartography’s greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms. If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas

Author : Hugh Cortazzi
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isles of Gold written by Hugh Cortazzi and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1983 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of over 90 historically significant maps of Japan. The book tells the story of the encounter between the West and Japan through the gradual process of mapping the island empire.

Author : Hilary Ballon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231159906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Grid written by Hilary Ballon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrating the bicentennial of the 1811 Commissioners' Plan of Manhattan, this volume does more than memorialize such a visionary effort, it serves as an enduring reference full of rare images and information."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Donald Wigal
Publisher : Parkstone Press
ISBN 13 : 9781859956939
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Maritime Maps written by Donald Wigal and published by Parkstone Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a selection of ocean-going charts dating from the 13th century to the 17th century. While they may be rudimentary, they bear excellent witness to the achievements of early European navigators, and to their determination to explore the

Author : Michael Swift
Publisher : PRC Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781856485920
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Maps of North America written by Michael Swift and published by PRC Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than 100 beautifully crafted antique maps and charts, previously available only to researchers, this engrossing volume celebrates the art of cartography. Chronologically arranged form the early 1600s to the turn of the 19th century. Extended captions put each map in context and provide fascinating insights into American history, including details about early New York, Boston, and Pennsylvania, and about military engagements of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. "Provides insight into the historic pageant that is the evolution North America....All levels/collections."--"Choice."

Author : Francis J. Manasek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692259368
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collecting Old Maps written by Francis J. Manasek and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated second edition of Collecting Old Maps is completely revised and expanded with over 400 color illustrations. While maintaining the original approach to the nuts and bolts of map collecting, there is new information on collecting in the digital age, building and disposing of a collection, papermaking history, and the mythological figures, symbols and allegory used in cartography. The most significant change to this new edition is the Map Gallery, which is more comprehensive and profusely illustrated in full color. Nearly 200 maps were assembled to illustrate the five-century evolution of printed maps and how they changed both artistically and technically in response to various cultural and market influences. They illustrate the progression from the simple woodcuts of the incunabula period to the elegant copperplate engravings of Renaissance Italy, then to the Baroque Dutch compositions, the refined style of scientific cartographers, and finally the technically advanced, but sometimes whimsical, approach of 20th-century mapmakers. These maps represent a broad range of geographic regions, cartographic importance, and prices. Rather than focusing on the rare and obscure, these are maps that can be collected today.