" New Found Lands – Maps in the History of Exploration” by Peter Whitfield

Published by Rutledge, New York in 1998.

Hardcover with Dust jacket. Measures 11.75” x 9” x1”.  199 pages.

CONDITION: hardcover like new. Dust jacket very good with minor shelf wear along the edges and top corner.

ABOUT BOOK: Book presents trade of map-making progressed, by showing maps throughout their development.  

Also, the progress of geographical knowledge over time. Interesting to see the imaginary continents and coastlines 

of antiquity slowly develop into the familiar face of the world on today's maps.

Adding to the pictures are their backgrounds and the backgrounds of the men, nations, and times that created them. 

The book is richly informative and offers numerous anecdotes and historical accounts to go along with the maps.

 

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