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The Imperial Map: Cartography and the Mastery of Empire by James R. Akerman

The Imperial Map: Cartography and the Mastery of Empire

James R. Akerman

367 pages hardcover 2009

3 editions

nonfiction essays history informative slow-paced
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Maps from virtually every culture and period—from Babylonian world maps to Saul Steinberg’s famous New Yorker cover illustration, “View of the World from 9th Avenue”—convey our tendency to see our communities as the center of the world (if not the...

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