Mapping Latin America : a cartographic reader

✍ Scribed by Dym, Jordana; Offen, Karl

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, University Presses Marketing [distributor]
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 360
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A map will often tell as much about its creator as it does about the territory it represents. This volume examines more than five centuries of cartography mapping South America.

✦ Subjects

Cartography -- Latin America -- History;Geography;Cartography;Latin America

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