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Author Brown, Lloyd A. (Lloyd Arnold), 1907-1966.

Title The story of maps / Lloyd A. Brown
Published New York : Dover Publications, 1979
©1949

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 MELB  526.09 Bro/Som  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 397 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Dover books on history, political and social science
Dover books on history, political and social science.
Contents The earth takes shape -- The habitable world -- The world of Claudius Ptolemy -- The Middle Ages -- Charts and the haven-finding art -- The map and chart trade -- The latitude -- The longitude -- Survey of a country -- Survey of a world
Analysis Cartography to 1947
historie
kart
kartografi
Notes Includes index
Reprint of the ed. published by Little, Brown, Boston
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [341]-373
Subject Cartography -- History.
History.
Maps.
LC no. 79052395
ISBN 0486238733 (paperback)