The MapMakers:Pioneers in Cartography
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| Management number | 6106652 | Release Date | 2025/08/20 | List Price | $6.60 | Model Number | 6106652 | ||
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The Mapmakers:The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography-from Antiquity to the Space Age by John Noble Wilford.1981 1stEdition/2ndPrinting Alfred A. Knopf hardcover w/dj in like new condition(small tear on dj back bottom foldout/photo3).Bk dimensions:9.50×7.00×1.25inches,1.60lb.,414pg..The author has a"M.A. in political science and has covered all major space explorations since 1965 as science correspondent for the NYTimes".He received the Pulitzer Prize(1984)and the Carl Sagan Award(2001).The book is his research on the history of Cartography.He traces its technological development from mapping the globe's surface to its interior,the oceans floors,and modern technologies of mapping the moon and planets.Photo12 is a shaded relief map of Mars made from Mariner 9 photos.The innovators and technology from ancient Greece to 20th century America of measuring,surveying,thematic mapping, chromameters,ariel photos,topography,space mapping and more are examined.PURCHASE PRICE OFFERS WELCOME
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