Explorers' Maps: Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery.

Skelton, R A (Superintendent of The Map Room, British Museum)

Published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1958

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1st US Edition: xi, 337 pages, illustrated with colour frontispiece, b/w maps, photos and charts. Index. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket "The book may be regarded as a pictorial companion to general histories of exploration .The maps used or drawn by explorers describe the borderland between the known and the unknown. Their evidence may tell us what a traveller expected to find or what he in fact discovered. They may have the authority of a prophecy, of a prospectus, or of a chronicle. In early maps information derived from theory and from experience is often inextricably entangled, and for this very reason they are important documents in the history both of geographical ideas and of geographical discovery. They illustrate the always shifting 'relation of observation, theory, and practice' in this field of science." A tight and nice first edition of this cartographic classic. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3995. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explorers' Maps: Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery.
• Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geography & Maps