The men who mapped the world
Subtitle: the treasures of cartography
By: Beau Riffenburgh
Contributors: Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
Publisher: Carlton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781847328779
Subjects: Early maps; Cartography; History
Notes: "The Royal Geographical Society."

Includes 17 facsimile maps folded in pockets throughout book.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapping in the ancient and medieval world; title: Cartography in the age of discovery (c. 1450-c. 1650); title: The world expands : filling the gaps (1600-1800); title: Maps in the age of empires and nationalism (1800-1914); title: Mapping in the modern world (1914-2011).