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- Material Type
- 図書
- ISBN
- 97807123561900712356193
- Title
- Author/Editor
- Ashley Baynton-Williams.
- Author Heading
- Publication, Distribution, etc.
- Publication Date
- 2015.
- Publication Date (W3CDTF)
- 2015
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Other physical details
- illstrations
- Size
- 29 cm
- Place of Publication (Country Code)
- GB
- Text Language Code
- eng
- Content Type
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Media Type
- unmediated
- Carrier Type
- volume
- LCC
- DDC
- Target Audience
- 一般
- Note (Content)
- Mapmaking has always been a serious business, whether surveying property limits, marking international boundaries or plotting lines of travel. Yet cartographers of all periods had a sense of humour, and mapmakers often used their artistic talents to create maps not for strictly geographical purposes but for the pleasure and entertainment of others. In this book, an expert cartographic researcher uncovers 100 curious, entertaining maps, drawn mainly from the unrivalled map collection in the British Library. Many of the maps depict countries in human or animal form, among them the famous 'Leo Belgicus' - the Low Countries in the shape of a lion. Many of the maps featured here were created for recreational play, with the secondary purpose of educating through enjoyment, including some of the very earliest cartographical game-maps, jigsaws, playing-card maps and even a jigsaw globe. With advances in printing techniques, publishers found they could affix maps to all manner of objects, often commemorative, such as the tankard celebrating Nelson's victory at Trafalgar in 1805. There are also maps on cups and saucers, tea towels, umbrellas, scarves and commemorative medals. Through images of these maps and many more, this amusing and unusual book reveals the little-known playful side of mapmaking.
- Standard No. (Other)
- International Article Number : 9780712356190
- Holding library
- 国立国会図書館
- Call No.
- G4-B15
- Data Provider (Database)
- 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書
- Bibliographic ID (NDL)
- 027016067
- OCLC No.
- 910504573
- Cataloging Rule
- RDA
- Bibliographic Record Category (NDL)
- 211