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The library of lost maps / James Cheshire.
Van Pelt Library GA195.L66 C454 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheshire, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University College, London--Map collections.
- University College, London.
- Cartography--History.
- Cartography.
- Map collections--England--London--History.
- Map collections.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Join renowned geographer James Cheshire on a tour through a forgotten collection of maps that shaped over 200 years of Western history"--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Welcome to the map library
- A room full of stories
- George Bellas Greenough's remarkable maps
- Bloomsbury
- Knowledge is power
- 'Tidying' the map
- Manipulative maps
- Hiroshima
- A fresh perspective
- The ocean floor
- Maps go digital
- A special place
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- "An archive of a world in progress"--Page 1 of cover.
- Endnotes available at libraryoflostmaps.com.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781639734283
- 1639734287
- OCLC:
- 1478323637
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