Mapping a Changing World
by Nancy Kober (Editor) Yvette Lapierre Author
(From Amazon): This engaging book, using over forty magnificent color reproductions of antique and new maps, and written in clear, lively prose, shows how maps have evolved over centuries, beginning with a Babylonian etching on a clay tablet and ending with a radar image taken from the space shuttle Endeavor. Young geographers - and readers of all ages - will be riveted by the adventures of real-life explorers, scientists, and mapmakers, including Ptolemy, Cheng Ho, Columbus, and the many modern cartographers.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-9650308-4-9
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 13
- Pages
- 79
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge Publishing
- Copyright
- 1996
Lessons
- 1 Introduction and pictures
- 2 Chapter 1:Maps of Sticks and Stones
- 3 Chapter 2: A Logical World
- 4 Chapter 3: A World of Faith and Fancy
- 5 Chapter 4: Maps of Silk and Paper
- 6 Chapter 5: The Eve of Discovery
- 7 How to Make the Earth Flat
- 8 Chapter 6: Mapping a New World
- 9 Chapter 7: The Golden Age of Mapmaking
- 10 Chapter 8: Mapping America
- 11 Chapter 9: The Mythical Continent That Really Was
- 12 Chapter 10: Our Changing World
- 13 Chapter 11: Pictures from Space
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