John Clark Introduction Professor Jeremy (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 12 1/8" x 11 1/4", 256 pages, comprehensively illustrated in colour and black and white, bibliography and websites. Cartography is both a science and an art; as such, it provides marvellous waypoints for changes in different cultures through history. But it can also be a weapon, or at least a potentially destructive undertaking. Anyone who doubts this need only trace the bitter history of the Balkans or of the entire continent of Africa back to what may have seemed some rational and innocuous boundaries sketched on paper. Some of the maps in this book had devastating consequences, such as the 1885 map of Africa that carved up the continent among the European colonial powers. Other maps are simply beautiful, such as the dot painting "Dreamtime" map of the Australian Aborigines or the Jainist cosmographical chart of the 15th century. Others are mysterious, like the rock maps of Siberia, or scientifically outstanding for various reasons, like Captain Cook's map of New Zealand or Landsat mapping from space. Some are fun, like the map of Middle Earth in Lord of the Rings, the most printed map of a non-existent place ever! What all the maps chosen have is their own fascinating story: not just the escape maps and military maps. The cartographic achievement of Lewis and Clark in mapping the West is one of the great adventures, as is the British mapping of all India - which took 60 years. While approachable as a series of amazing short stories, the maps are organized to explain the development of cartography and illuminate the historical, scientific, and sometimes political background. Hb, fine in near fine dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Size 310mmX290mm. This book is written by a team of authors, each with his or her expertise, from military maps to portolans; these authors have their own compass to set, sometimes their own axe to grind. Such diversity of knowledge and opinion further illuminates the sometimes astonishing history of cartography. **The book and jacket are in lovely condition. The jacket has a protective plastic covering.**.