Cartographics
Designing the Modern Map
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This is a collection of maps that tread off the beaten path of mapmaking and redefine exactly what a map can do. Some incorporate strategies from infographics, such as one that uses abstract depictions of public transporta...
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34.95 GBP
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Data from Nature
Nature, Digitisation and Design
A fascinating exploration of exquisite images captured from natural materials, and of their applications in fashion, environmental design, and apps that anticipate a new era of digitally-driven individual creativity. "Data From Nature" begins with th...
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51.00 GBP
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Selden Map of China
A New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty
ISBN: HB: 9781851245246,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
June 2019
96 pp., 25,9x23,7 cm, 40 colour illus.
96 pp., 25,9x23,7 cm, 40 colour illus.
Dating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time, looking not inward to the Asian landmass but outward to the sea. Discovered in the s...
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20.00 GBP
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Lost Maps of the Caliphs
Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo
ISBN: HB: 9781851244911,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
December 2018
368 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm, 25 colour illus., 69 black&white illus.
368 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm, 25 colour illus., 69 black&white illus.
About a millennium ago, in Cairo, someone completed a large and richly illustrated book. In the course of thirty-five chapters, our unknown author guided the reader on a journey from the outermost cosmos and planets to Earth and its lands, islands, f...
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37.50 GBP
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City Unseen
New Visions of an Urban Planet
ISBN: HB: 9780300221695,
Yale University Press,
September 2018
268 pp., 25,4x22,9 cm, 147 colour illus., 31 black&white illus.
268 pp., 25,4x22,9 cm, 147 colour illus., 31 black&white illus.
Seeing cities around the globe in their larger environmental contexts, we begin to understand how the world shapes urban landscapes and how urban landscapes shape the world. Authors Karen Seto and Meredith Reba provide these revealing views to enhanc...
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27.50 GBP
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Thirty-Eight
The Hurricane That Transformed New England
ISBN: PB: 9780300230673,
Yale University Press,
October 2017
272 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 38 black&white illus.
272 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 38 black&white illus.
The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it "New England's Katrina" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Isl...
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15.99 GBP
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Captain Cook and the Pacific
Art, Exploration and Empire
ISBN: HB: 9780300207248,
Yale University Press,
September 2017
256 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 200 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.
256 pp., 25,4x19,0 cm, 200 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.
British Royal Navy Captain James Cook's voyages of exploration across and around the Pacific Ocean were a marvel of maritime achievement, and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. The expeditions answered key scientific, economic, and geogr...
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40.00 GBP
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Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
ISBN: PB: 9780300226904,
Yale University Press,
August 2017
336 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 3 black&white illus.
336 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 3 black&white illus.
Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet...
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12.99 GBP
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Volcanoes
Encounters Through the Ages
ISBN: PB: 9781851244591,
Bodleian Library Publishing,
February 2017
224 pp., 22,4x22,4 cm, 83 colour illus.
224 pp., 22,4x22,4 cm, 83 colour illus.
For centuries, volcanic eruptions have captured our imaginations. Whether as signposts to an underworld, beacons to ancient mariners, or as an extraordinary manifestation of the natural world, volcanoes have intrigued many people, who have left recor...
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20.00 GBP
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Art and Optics in the Hereford Map
An English Mappa Mundi, c. 1300
ISBN: HB: 9780300220339,
Yale University Press,
October 2016
240 pp., 28,0x21,6 cm, 50 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
240 pp., 28,0x21,6 cm, 50 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
A single, monumental mappa mundi (world map), made around 1300 for Hereford Cathedral, survives intact from the Middle Ages. As Marcia Kupfer reveals in her arresting new study, this celebrated testament to medieval learning has long been profoundly...
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60.00 GBP
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