The Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It

Joel Makower

ISBN 10: 0679742573 / ISBN 13: 9780679742579

Published by Vintage October 1992, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It
• Publisher: Vintage October 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679742573
• ISBN 13: 9780679742579
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel

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Synopsis

This unique sourcebook for map lovers is newly revised in a third edition that includes more maps than ever before. In addition to a profusion of road maps, aerial maps, geological maps, historical maps, weather maps, nautical maps, military maps, census maps, and astronomical maps, this third revised edition contains:
-- the most current maps of Russia and Eastern Europe;
-- a new section on the age of exploration;
-- the most up-to-date information about map software;
-- a completely new section on how to have a professional map made;
-- the latest information about the new generation of maps based on the 1990 census.

Whether you want maps of airports or zip codes, highways, hurricanes, or hidden treasure, The Map Catalog is the book for you.

From the Back Cover

Praise for The Map Catalog:

"The Map Catalog shows that the world is still seen from many perspectives, for the maps described in this practical, handsomely designed guide pinpoint everything from bicycle routes to farms, politics to treasure."

-- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Contains serious pleasures both for browsers and for those who will act on its ample guidance." -- Scientific American

"Map lovers will be fascinated by this guide to every kind of map available from governmental and commercial sources."

-- Washington Post Book World