(Paperback)
By: Francis Pryor
ISBN: 9780141040592
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...
From our suburban streets which still trace the boundaries of long vanished farms to the Norfolk Broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded - evidence of man's effect on Britain is everywhere. This title includes over 250 maps and photographs that changes the way you see your surroundings.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Andrea di Robilant
ISBN: 9780857891792
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2024
Publisher: Atlantic Books
See more...
The fascinating story of the Venetian who helped to map the World during the Renaissance, by the author of A Venetian Affair and Autumn in Venice.
(Hardback)
By: Michael Layland
ISBN: 9781771511773
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
See more...
(Hardback)
By: John Moore
ISBN: 9781780273198
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
UK Publication Date: 16th October 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
See more...
A visually stunning collection featuring 80 maps, with accompanying text, from the National Library of Scotland and Glasgow University, many of which are reproduced in book form for the first time.
(Paperback)
By: Libby Robin
ISBN: 9780868408910
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2007
Publisher: UNSW Press
See more...
Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of those who observe the natural world closely - including scientists, field naturalists and farmers - this title suggests fresh ways of living in an arid continent in times of global change, and gives hope that Australia can move beyond biological cringe.
(Paperback)
By: Veronica Alvarado
ISBN: 9781510732230
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
See more...
"Traveling" it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. --Ibn Battuta
(Paperback)
By: Don Mitchell
ISBN: 9780816626939
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1996
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
See more...
Through an account of the labour history of California, this work examines the material and ideological struggles over living and working conditions that played a large part in the construction of the contemporary California landscape.
(Hardback)
By: Mariame Kaba
ISBN: 9781642599466
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Haymarket Books
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Christopher Fleet
ISBN: 9781780274836
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th October 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
See more...
Reissue of this beautifully illustrated hardback gift book with full-colour plates
(Paperback)
By: Jacob Burckhardt
ISBN: 9781513268750
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Mint Editions
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Michael Layland
ISBN: 9781771510158
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Hongping Annie Nie
ISBN: 9781851245246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Bodleian Library
See more...
Dating from the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time. The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.
(Hardback)
By: Phaidon Editors
ISBN: 9780714869445
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2015
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
See more...
300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves
(Paperback)
By: National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642278098
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: National Library of Australia
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Gilles Palsky
ISBN: 9781616898236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 24th September 2019
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
See more...
Translation of: Le monde sur une feuille.
(Hardback)
By: Dr Hayden Lorimer
ISBN: 9781441186249
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
See more...
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241238981
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
See more...
(Hardback)
By: Jerry Brotton
ISBN: 9781409345718
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2014
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
See more...
Why do we put north at the top of maps Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels" This book looks at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.
(Hardback)
By: Pat Liddy
ISBN: 9780008469504
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
See more...
Discover the history of Ireland through maps
From early maps of the Emerald Isle to modern day, Ireland has evolved rapidly along with the ways in which it has been mapped. Cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. Explore Irelands fascinating history with this stunning volume of over 100 maps.
(Hardback)
By: Peter Chasseaud
ISBN: 9780008136581
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
See more...
Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian.
(Hardback)
By: Martijn Storms
ISBN: 9789401485302
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Lannoo Publishers
See more...
Maps that Made History takes you on a 1000 year long journey around the world. Every one of the 100 carefully selected maps has influenced the course of history.
