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128 pp.
| Scholastic |
August, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-439-09545-X$$17.95
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4-6
This conversational book is an expansive introduction to maps: what they can represent (personal and universal), how they're made, their historical development, their cultural distinctions, and more. Varied illustrations extend the text, as do numerous sidebars on contemporary mapmakers and on related topics such as submarines that map the ocean floor. Bib., ind.