The Young Oxford Companion to Maps and Mapmaking

by Rebecca Stefoff

Book Overview

In a single volume, here is everything you need to know to read a map, plus information on why maps are created, who created them in the past, who is making maps now, what instruments and techniques are used, and what we can learn from studying them. Over 350 entries, arranged alphabetically and thoroughly cross-referenced, look at the discovery, exploration, and mapping of each region of the world. Profiles of famous explorers and mapmakers are included,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195080424
• ISBN13: 9780195080421
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9