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100 1 $aVirga, Vincent.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82214037
245 10 $aCartographia :$bmapping civilizations /$cVincent Virga and the Library of Congress ; introduction by Ronald E. Grim ; afterword by James H. Billington.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c2007.
300 $a266 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ;$c34 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Theater of the World -- $tThe Mediterranean World -- $tThe Babylonians -- $tThe Enyptians -- $tThe Greeks -- $tThe Etruscans -- $tThe Romans -- $tThe Islamic World -- $tThe Holy Land -- $tThe Mediterranean Sea -- $tThe Three-Part World -- $tAsia -- $tAfrica -- $tEurope -- $tThe Fourth Part: The Americas -- $tLatin America -- $tAnglo America -- $tThe Fifth Part: Oceania and Antarctica -- $tOceania -- $tAntarctica -- $tEpilogue: the unseen cultural world.
520 1 $a"A richly illustrated exploration of maps and mapmaking, Cartographia celebrates the work of those who have mapped the world from the dawn of civilization to the present. In a text that journeys beyond the basic geographical facts, each map becomes a visual record of human endeavor-ofdiverse cultural, social, and economic landscapes - and each has a tale of wonder to tell. These maps, in their amazingly various forms, are models of time, diaries of intrigue, and illuminating works of art. Together they provide a unique vision of how the world and our understanding of it have changed over the past several centuries." "More than 200 maps, selected from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress - the largest cartographic collection in the world - are reproduced in this sumptuous volume. Some of the rarest and most spectacular maps ever made are featured here, including: the Waldseemuller Map of the World from 1507, the first to include the designation "America"; pages from Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of1570, considered the first modern atlas; rare maps from Africa, Asia, and Oceania that challenge traditional Western perspectives; William Faulkner's hand-drawn 1936 map of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi; and a 2001 map of the human genome." "With their accompanying stories, the vivid color plates in Cartographia introduce the reader to an exciting new way of reading maps as travelogues - as living histories from the earliest imaginings about planet Earth to our current attempts at charting cyberspace, the latest of our "last frontiers.""--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCartography$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020520
650 0 $aCartography$xSocial aspects.
710 2 $aLibrary of Congress.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78089035
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005029047.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2005029047-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2005029047-b.html
852 00 $bmil,stdy$hGA203$i.V57 2007