Maps that made history : the influential, the eccentric, and the sublime

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Full Title:: Maps that made history : the influential, the eccentric, and the sublime / Lez Smart

Table of Contents:: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Early Mapmakers; Map According to Ptolemy's Projection; The Peutinger Table; The Psalter; The Pilgrimage Route to Canterbury and Beyond; Chertsey Abbey Lands; 2 The Quest for Riches; The City of Tenochtitlán; The Coastline of West Africa; The Colony of Virginia; The Spice Islands; The East Coast of Australia; 3 Challenging Perceptions; The British Colonies in North America; The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India; Life and Labour of the People in London; The Highways of Empire; London Underground; 4 Winning the Day
The Battle of CullodenThe Battle of Waterloo; The American Civil War; The Battle of Mons; D-Day; 5 Fantasy and Fantastical; Southern England from the Poly Olbion; Leo Belgicus; The Island of California; The Garden of Eden; The Great River of Australia; Exploring Further; Map and Picture Sources
Summary:: Features 25 glorious maps that chart societies, land, sea, and skies; maps that have influenced and inspired; and maps that misrepresent.
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (193 p.)
General Note:: Originally published: Kew [Eng.] : National Archives, 2004.