Mapping a Changing World

by Nancy Kober (Editor) Yvette Lapierre, Nancy Kober (Editor)

This engaging book, using over forty magnificent color reproductions of antique and new maps, and written in clear, lively prose, shows how maps have evolved over centuries, beginning with a Babylonian etching on a clay tablet and ending with a radar image taken from the space shuttle Endeavor. Young geographers - and readers of all ages - will be riveted by the adventures of real-life explorers, scientists, and mapmakers, including Ptolemy, Cheng Ho, Columbus, and the many modern cartographers.

79 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

Reviews

[Rob T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. Interesting to note how little of the current world we really knew until the advent of satellite imagery.