In the memory of the map : a cartographic memoir /

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Throughout his life, maps have been a source of imagination and wonder for Christopher Norment. Mesmerized by them since the age of eight or nine, he found himself courted and seduced by maps, which served functional and allegorical roles in showing him worlds that he might come to know and helping...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norment, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2012.
Series:Sightline books.
Subjects:
Cartography > Philosophy.
Cartography > Methodology.
Map reading.
Maps > Symbols.
Cartographie > Philosophie.
Cartographie > Méthodologie.
Lecture de cartes.
Cartes géographiques > Symboles.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Cartography > Methodology
Cartography > Philosophy
Map reading
Maps > Symbols
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The past is always with me
  • What I desired most was escape
  • It was impossible not to wonder
  • The silence was like no other
  • They always knew their way
  • The truth shall be revealed
  • Fathering the map
  • In the fullness of time
  • And then I was home.

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