The library of lost maps
(2025)
By:
Cheshire, James
Nonfiction
Book
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NEW HISTORY
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PUBLISHED
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025
DESCRIPTION
383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781639734283, 1639734287 :, 1639734287, 9781639734283
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"An archive of a world in progress"--Page 1 of cover
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
"Join ... geographer James Cheshire on a tour through a forgotten collection of maps that shaped over 200 years of Western history"--Page 4 of cover
Includes index