The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps

by Peter Whitfield

Book Overview

Though technology has changed the tools of navigation available to us, maps are still the irreplaceable foundation of place and orientation. In this updated edition of Image of the World, map expert... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876540809
• ISBN13: 9780876540800
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.6" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Lovely to Look At, Delightful to Read

I keep coming back to this book. Intelligent. Graced with beautiful design. Now if I only had unlimited income to spend on old maps.

modern maps aren't always better

What a fetish we have made of accuracy and precision in maps! These maps--even the mediaevil ones showing the location of the Garden of Eden--are coherent world views. Many of the maps have been restored to their original look.Hard to know where to draw the line between art, science, religion and history. Excellent text.