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Mapping the world

Sylvia A. Johnson · 1999

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A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world.

First sentence: In 1962, John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, looked down from his Mercury spacecraft and commented that he could see the features of the planet "laid out just like on a map."

Book details

Year
1999
Language
English
Publisher
Atheneum
Editions
1
Pages
32
ISBN
9780689818134

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