Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page,...
Cartography
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Auteur:Todd, BrandonSommaire: - Auteur:Kaplan, Robert D.Sommaire:
The insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene.
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Auteur:Guitard, NicholasSommaire:For more than 50 years, William Francis Ganong explored the wilderness of New Brunswick to document its natural history. The importance of his work is well understood by academics studying natural history or cartography, but for the...
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Auteur:Layland, MichaelSommaire:Just how, and why, did Vancouver Island get onto the map? How was knowledge of our immediate geography acquired and recorded? With 130 maps, dating between 1593 and 1915, this cartographic history tells the story of how Vancouver Island...
- Auteur:Hargrave, Kiran MillwoodSommaire:
Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her father once mapped. When her best friend disappears, she's determined to be part of the search party. Guided by an ancient map and her knowledge of the stars,...
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Auteur:Lester, TobySommaire:Lester spotlights Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map and recounts the epic tale of the mariners and scholars who facilitated this watershed of Western history.
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Auteur:Brook, TimothySommaire:Selected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013. A fascinating work of history, biography, cartography, and literary mystery, Mr Selden’s Map of China unlocks the secrets behind a recently discovered map of China like no other of its time. In...
- Auteur:Dean, RiazSommaire:
Although the ultimate prize of the Great Game played out between Great Britain and Imperial Russia in the 19th century was India, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet...
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Auteur:McNamara, JoelSommaire:Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then G.P.S. is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and G.P.S. For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a G.P.S. unit or plan to buy one, G.P.S. For...
