The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World

by Dean Robbins

How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.

Join history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world In these pages, you'll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593479262
• ISBN13: 9780593479261
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3