Cartographia offers a stunning array of 200 of the most beautiful, important, and fascinating maps in existence, from the world's largest cartographic collection, at the Library of Congress. These maps show how our idea of the world has shifted and grown over time, and each map tells its own unique story about nations, politics, and ambitions. The chosen images, with their accompanying stories, introduce the reader to an exciting new way of "reading" maps as travelogues living history from the earliest of man's imaginings about planet earth to our current attempts at charting cyberspace.
Among the rare gems included in the book are the Waldseemuller Map of the World from 1507, the first to include the designation America; pages from the Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570, considered the first modern atlas; rare maps from Africa, Asia, and Oceania that challenge traditional Western perspectives; William Faulkner's hand-drawn 1936 map of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi; and even a map of the Human Genome.
In an oversized format, with gorgeous four-color reproductions throughout, Cartographia will appeal to collectors, historians, and anyone looking for a perfect gift.
About the Author
Vincent Virga is the author of Eyes of the Nations: A Visual History of the United States , which was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club.
|Introduction: Theater of the World||p. 1|
|The Mediterranean World|
|The Babylonians||p. 9|
|The Enyptians||p. 11|
|The Greeks||p. 14|
|The Etruscans||p. 18|
|The Romans||p. 19|
|The Islamic World||p. 26|
|The Holy Land||p. 31|
|The Mediterranean Sea||p. 36|
|The Three-Part World|
|The Fourth Part: The Americas|
|Latin America||p. 178|
|Anglo America||p. 196|
|The Fifth Part: Oceania and Antarctica|
|Epilogue: the unseen cultural world||p. 243|
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Number Of Pages: 266
Published: 1st November 2007
Dimensions (cm): 33.8 x 26.3 x 2.6
Weight (kg): 2.21