The Mapmakers - The Story Of The Great Pioneers In Cartography - From Antiquity To The Space Age
by John Noble Wilford
Category: Cartographers

An updated edition of the classic history of cartography, this work traces the adventures, discoveries and feats of technical ingenuity by which mapmakers, over the centuries, have succeeded in charting first the surface of the globe, then the earth's interior and the ocean floors, and finally the moon and the planets of our solar system. This edition includes three new chapters, as well as many updates and amplifications, to reflect the great changes that have taken places in mapmaking in the past two decades.