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Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are... read more
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"A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, two men of dubious moral compass (being the counselors of the wilderness school to which many parents, mine included, sent their sullen offspring for ""toughening"") abandoned about a dozen of us soft lads in the middle of Nowhere, Min"
Table of Contents edit
Personal Geography
Introduction
I, Mercator, Stephen S. Hall
Body Map of My Life, Bridget Booher
At Home in the World
The Mental Geography of Appalachian Trail Hikers, Roger Sheffer
Two Maps of Boylan Heights, Denis Wood
Memory Map, Katie Davis
Realms of Fantasy
The Lure of Maps in Arthur Ransome, Hugh Brogan
Series & Lists edit
This book is in More Book Lust. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Katharine A. Harmon (Introduction)
Other Contributors:
- Stephen S. Hall (Author) - I, Mercator
- Bridget Booher (Author) - Body Map of My Life
- Roger Sheffer (Author) - The Mental Geography of Appalachian Trail Hikers
- Denis Wood (Author) - Two Maps of Boylan Heights
- Katie Davis (Author) - Memory Map
- Hugh Brogan (Author) - The Lure of Maps in Arthur Ransome
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 912
Subjects edit
- Books › Arts & Photography › Design & Decorative Arts › Graphic Design › Graphic Arts
- Books › Reference › Atlases & Maps › Maps
- Books › Reference › Atlases & Maps › Atlases
- Books › Professional & Technical › Architecture › Reference
- Books › Professional & Technical › Architecture › Drawing & Modelling
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Cartography
- Books › Arts & Photography › Instructional & How-To
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism
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