(Paperback)
By: Violet Moller
ISBN: 9781509829620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 19th March 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Dr Sara Caputo
ISBN: 9781788168823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A vivid history of how the marks left on maps by travellers tell the story of the modern world
(Hardback)
By: Gilles Palsky
ISBN: 9781616898236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 24th September 2019
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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Translation of: Le monde sur une feuille.
(Hardback)
By: Mary S. Morgan
ISBN: 9780500022290
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 24th October 2019
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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This insightful, evocative, and sumptuous volume brings Charles Booth's landmark survey of late nineteenth-century London to a new audience.
(Hardback, Multilingual edition)
By: Gerhard Holzer
ISBN: 9783836598705
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 13th March 2025
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
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A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx's sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, observations, charts, and oceanic maps-a magnificent maritime showpiece.
(Hardback)
By: Adam Selzer
ISBN: 9780500252598
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A compendium of killing that plots the most remarkable American homicides between the Civil War and Second World War onto maps and plans, alongside crime scene photographs and compelling expert analysis.
(Hardback)
By: Drew Gray
ISBN: 9780500252451
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 24th September 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A cartographic exposition of the 19th century's most dramatic and intriguing murders from the world's most crime-ridden cities and regions.
(Hardback)
By: Sue Brunning
ISBN: 9780714124971
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: British Museum Press
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(Hardback)
By: Robert Macfarlane
ISBN: 9780500252475
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 22nd October 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A definitive reference that showcases the groundbreaking work of William Smith, the unsung father of English geology.
(Hardback)
By: Laurence Ward
ISBN: 9780500518250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 31st August 2015
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The attack on London between 1939 and 1945 is one of the most significant events in the city's modern history, the impact of which can still be seen in its urban and social landscapes. This title includes an introduction to the historical context.
(Paperback)
By: Mark Ovenden
ISBN: 9780241434123
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Anton Treuer
ISBN: 9781426211607
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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Atlas of Indian Nations is a comprehensive resource for those interested in Native American history and culture. Told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography, this is the story of American Indians that only National Geographic can tell.
(Paperback)
By: Granger Collection
ISBN: 9781579129170
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Mark Stein
ISBN: 9781588343505
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
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Stein's new book looks at American history through the lens of its borders, but, while "How The States Got Their Shapes" told why, this book gives the who. This book reveals the human dimension in the historical arc with figures from the well-known to the obscure.
(Paperback)
By: Rachel Hewitt
ISBN: 9781847082541
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th July 2011
Publisher: Granta Books
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The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian.
(Paperback)
By: Christine Petto
ISBN: 9781498514408
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Timothy Brook
ISBN: 9781781250396
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
UK Publication Date: 5th February 2015
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Forensic history at its best: an ancient map reveals the origins of world trade, and surprising twists in China's history.
(Paperback)
By: Joyce E. Chaplin
ISBN: 9781416596202
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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(Hardback)
By: Oliver Smith
ISBN: 9781784726928
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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Explore the wonders that the world forgot with award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith - from breathtaking buildings with a dark past to decaying reminders of more troubled times.
(Paperback)
By: Jim Hinckley
ISBN: 9780760368770
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 7th January 2020
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
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This state-by-state atlas is fully illustrated and includes historic sites & points of interest along Route 66. Interest in it as a travel destination continues.
(Paperback)
By: Francis Pryor
ISBN: 9780141040592
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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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
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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
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(Hardback)
By: John Moore
ISBN: 9781780273198
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
UK Publication Date: 16th October 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
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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.
