Mapping: Ways of representing the world

Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the indiv...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autori: Dorling, D, Fairbairn, D
Format: Knjiga
Izdano: Routledge 1997
Opis
Sažetak:Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.