
The Shape of Things
How Mapmakers Picture Our World
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 20. August 2024
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-0-593-47925-4 (ISBN)
Description
How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.
Join history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.
Join history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 288 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-47925-4 (9780593479254)
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E-Book
08/2024
Knopf Books for Young Readers
€13.49
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Persons
Dean Robbins; illustrated by Matt Tavares