| Abstract: | Maps are, among other things, a way of making geography visual. They are world views, ways of thinking, and ways of communicating. They depict our world and guide us through it. Visual Geography probes the essence of maps and mapmaking. It follows the story of cartography through the millennia, across the globe, and beyond the solar system. It includes some of the world‘s most beautiful and enduring maps, some of its most historic - a map in Columbus‘ hand, the map that was carried to the Moon, the first map to show America - and it examines the urge to map, to measure our world, and to record it graphically. |
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| Citation Author: | U.S. Geological Survey; National Geographic Society; U.S. Department of the Interior |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Visual geography; 1991; USGS Unnumbered Series; U.S. Geological Survey; National Geographic Society; U.S. Department of the Interior |
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| Citation Year: | 1991 |
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| Text: | Visual geography; 1991; USGS Unnumbered Series; U.S. Geological Survey; National Geographic Society; U.S. Department of the Interior |
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