100 Maps: The Science, Art, and Politics of Cartography Throughout History Alaska Each beautiful map features richly

Each beautiful map features richly colored states of the United States

and the northern tip of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

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100 Maps: The Science, Art, and Politics of Cartography Throughout History Alaska Each beautiful map features richlyFrom Ptolemy's projection of the world still the basic map after 13 centuries to Tolkien's cartography of Middle Earth (the most printed guide to a non existent place ever), each of these maps has its own fascinating story to tell. Escape maps, military maps, cartographic breakthroughs, and follies and forgeries: these 100 maps, organized chronologically, are the most important, dramatic, and breathtakingly beautiful ever created. They show not only