Charting the World

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Maps have been a part of human culture since the days of scratching on cave walls, and this richly illustrated history chronicles the road from simple diagrams used to avoid danger to the complex, navigational charts used today. Displaying an array of historic atlases and a variety of cartography styles, this book allowsyoung reade

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The 21 side activities are enlightening and range widely in difficulty without requiring expensive or hard-to-get materials. --Kirkus Reviews

"With its vast array of information delivered in a dense text, this volume is for dedicated students." --School Library Journal

Author Bio

Richard Panchyk is the author of World War II for Kids, Franklin Delano Roosevelt for Kids, and Galileo for Kids, and the coauthor of Engineering the City.