Great City Maps: A Historical Journey Through Maps, Plans, and Paintings (DK History Changers)
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Journey back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world’s greatest cities. Great City Maps is the companion title to DK’s Great Maps and takes a focused look at over 70 gorgeously illustrated historical maps and plans of cities around the globe. Dive into the details of each beautiful map and learn about interesting features with visual tours of the maps’ highlights – such as the Old London Bridge of London in 1572 and the orchards of Brooklyn in 1767 New York. Cities are centers of civilization and the way their maps portray them reflects their politics, religion, and culture. See how certain cities, and cartographic techniques, changed over time. More than just a bird's-eye view, this irresistible book tells the tales behind the cities from the hubs of ancient peoples to modern mega-cities, and profiles the iconic cartographers and artists who created each map. Perfect for history, geography, and cartography enthusiasts and a stunning gift for armchair explorers of all ages, Great City Maps is your window into the world's most fascinating cities. Review: Fun to leaf through - Fun and interesting coffee table book. Very cool visuals. Review: Michigan City Maps - It has maps of most towns of over populations of 1,000.
| Best Sellers Rank | #198,702 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #59 in Historical Geography #59 in Historical Atlases & Maps (Books) #342 in History of Civilization & Culture |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 342 Reviews |
P**G
Fun to leaf through
Fun and interesting coffee table book. Very cool visuals.
L**C
Michigan City Maps
It has maps of most towns of over populations of 1,000.
R**T
Loved the book of city history and their maps
This for another project and it has just what I need
K**U
Interesting coffee table book, but most maps lack detail.
I purchased this as a holiday gift wfor a world traveler & map lover. The description indicated (at lease to me) that the maps have a much higher level of detail than they actually do. It's a very interesting coffee table book, but it was for a person who actually traveled to the places in this book & would want to see more details in the maps in the book.
J**D
For map lovers
I love maps, collect them, and this book for me is very very interesting. Highly enjoyable.
E**H
Gorgeous!
I bought this set of Smithsonian map books for my husband for Christmas and he loves them. He's a history buff, opened them right away and plunged right in! Thank you Amazon for having these in stock. They were out of stock on the Smithsonian website.
E**.
Great collection of historical maps
Enjoy seeing the progression of map styles as well as the changes in many key cities across the globe.
M**A
REGALO PERFECTO
Bonito, de pasta dura, un regalo perfecto. Se lo dí a una planificadora urbana.
P**R
Outstanding!
This quality coffee table book presents a wide variety of city maps. Two or three are provided for any individual location what allows the reader not only to compare mapping techniques through time but also the evolution of the urban form. A short text presents each map and, almost in every case, blow-ups are included of striking areas. The cities covered are organized by chapters: ancient cities, imperial capitals, colonial cities, megacities, etc. They include Rome, Jerusalem, Mexico City, Frankfurt, Prague, and dozens more. This proves fascinating for any lover of cities and is very warmly recommended.
A**N
Fantastic book!
Fantastic book and content.
R**N
avaliação
gostei da rapidez
C**N
GREAT CITY MAPS
I saw the book in a bookstore and it was the perfect gift for my son in so order in Italy for an American living in Switzerland. All OK. Arrival also
S**Y
A book YOU must have!
Intricate photos of old city maps and info about their origin. A must read book for people who are into urban planning or cartography or just much into such “map” things.
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