Great City Maps

A beautifully illustrated history of the world s most celebrated historical city maps, from the hubs of ancient civilization to sprawling modern mega cities, created in association with the Smithsonian Institution Great City Maps explores and explains 30 of the world s greatest historical city maps, providing a captivating overview of cartography through the ages The book s unrivaled reproduction of these fascinating and intricate documents provides graphic close ups and reveals than just pure geography it offers insight into the cultures and beliefs of the great civilizations that gave rise to them From classical cities like Rome and Jerusalem to modern hubs like New York and Tokyo, the stories behind each map are revealed why it was created, who it was intended for, and how it was achieved Profiles of key cartographers, planners, and artists give even further insight into the history of each urban masterpiece.With its genuinely unique and superbly illustrated approach to the most celebrated city maps in history and its lavish textured and foiled jacket, Great City Maps is a beautiful piece to add to any collection and a must have for all history and geography enthusiasts. Free Download [ Great City Maps ] author [ Jeremy Black ] – kino-fada.fr Once again, DK Publishing in partnership with the Smithsonian has proved they are the leaders when it comes to visual reference books For anyone who s interested in the development of urban centers and cartography, this book provides a wonderful history of both.Instead of being arranged chronologically and covering all cities worldwide, the book is broken down into six sections Ancient Cities, Medieval Trading Centers, Imperial Capitals, Colonial Cities, Ideal Cities, and Megacities Each Once again, DK Publishing in partnership with the Smithsonian has proved they are the leaders when it comes to visual reference books For anyone who s interested in the development of urban centers and cartography, this book provides a wonderful history of both.Instead of being arranged chronologically and covering all cities worldwide, the book is broken down into six sections Ancient Cities, Medieval Trading Centers, Imperial Capitals, Colonial Cities, Ideal Cities, and Megacities Each section covers only those cities wh...This is a book to savor, whether you are fascinated by old maps or not High quality paper with beautifully rendered images of maps, arranged in categories from Ancient Cities through Trading Cities, Imperial Capitals, Colonial Cities to Megacities, with in depth narrat...Mapy jsou jedna z m ch nejobl ben j ch v c a tahle kn ka zaj mav pojedn v o velk m mno stv r zn star ch map Jsou to mapy r zn ch m st, z r zn ch rok a r zn zpracov ny ale velmi zaj mav O ka d map se lov k dozv d obecnosti, informace o autorovi a ob as z sk i n hled do detail.Urban development reference What a goodThis is the book I wish Treasures from the Map Room A Journey through the Bodleian Collections had been Lots of information on each map included in this beautiful collection, as well as multiple enlarged portions of each map, showing some of the finer orinteresting details Oh how I wish the Treasures book had done the same thing What a contrast to i...This book was like a good leisurely wander through a museum exhibit the medieval Renaissance maps definitely reminded me of the map gallery at the Vatican, where I lingered for way too long If I have one complaint it s thatcontemporary maps would have been great to see the handful from the last 100 years were some of my personal favorites but, there was just that handful otherwise the book is exactly what it says on the cover and that s really cool If you re looking for this at This book was like a good leisurely wander through a museum exhibit the medieval Renaissance maps definitely reminded me o...Got this large coffee table book on a visit to the bookmobile I loved the close up pictures of very detailed maps especially those from other locations outside of Europe and America I will say I was mostly into this book for the pictures but it did not disappoint in that areaA great collection of maps plans which are quite pleasant to look at and also to read about.Wonderful reference book for map lovers DK books are the bestReally interesting selection of city maps throughout history, usually with following pages featuring details of sections of interest from the map, along with a little history of the creator of the map Many cit...

• 10 February 2019
Jeremy Black
• Hardcover
• 256 pages
• 146545358X
• Jeremy Black
• Great City Maps