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The image of the world : twenty centuries of world maps

Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing them within the context of the wider history of ideas.

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  • "Twenty centuries of world maps"

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  • "From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the 17th and 18th centuries, to modern scientific maps showing the ocean floor, Peter Whitfield examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples."
  • "Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing them within the context of the wider history of ideas."@en
  • "Examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples, discussing the maps and their makers in relation to their age and placing them within the context of the wider history of ideas."
  • "Draws on the collection of maps held by the British Library and other major collections to tell the history of mapmaking."@en

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  • "Plaatwerken (vorm)"
  • "Atlas"@en
  • "Atlas"
  • "Early works"@en
  • "Weltkarte"
  • "Maps"
  • "Maps"@en
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en

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  • "The image of the world : 20 centuries of world maps / Peter Whitfield"
  • "The image of the world : twenty centuries of world maps"
  • "The image of the world : twenty centuries of world maps"@en
  • "The image of the world : 20 centuries of world maps"
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  • "The image of the world 20 centuries of world maps"
  • "The image of the world 20 centuries of world maps"@en
  • "The image of the world : 20 centuries of the world maps"
  • "The Image of the world : 20 centuries of world maps"

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