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Cities of the World: A History in Maps
Peter Whitfield, Lara Speicher
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| #1506810 in Books | 2005-10-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 12.25 x.90 x9.00l,3.42 | File type: PDF | 208 pages||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| A Unique Way to Show History|By John Matlock|The author has collected some 150 maps from the history of about sixty cities from around the world. I expected these maps to be beautiful works of art, but I didn't expect that the differences in the maps would show much more than that. The nature of the maps seem to show a lot about how the map maker viewed the city. The maps dat|From Booklist|In this collection of historical maps of about 60 cities, Whitfield, an eminent historian of cartography, yields much insight about how cities have perceived themselves. The maps themselves, which da
Condensing centuries of history into one volume, Cities of the World traces the historic form and special character of the world's greatest cities through a breathtaking collection of maps and panoramic views. Peter Whitfield focuses on more than sixty cities—from Athens to Brasilia, Washington to Moscow, San Francisco to Saigon, and Venice to Lhasa. He presents an extremely wide range of maps, historic prints, and photographs from many periods that sho...
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