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The curious map book

Call No. (NDL): G4-B15
Bibliographic ID of National Diet Library: 027016067

Material type: 図書

Author: Ashley Baynton-Williams.

Publisher: The British Library

Publication date: 2015.

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: 240 pages ; 29 cm

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東京都立中央図書館
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448.9-B36-C
Book Registration Number：
7107114994
東京都立中央図書館

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9780712356190
0712356193
Title: The curious map book
Author/Editor: Ashley Baynton-Williams.
Author Heading: Baynton-Williams, Ashley.
Publication, Distribution, etc.: London : The British Library (出版)
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: text
still image
cartographic image
Media Type: unmediated
Carrier Type: volume
LCC: GA101-1999
DDC: 526
NDLC: G4
GA32
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
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Bibliographic ID (NDL): 027016067
http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/027016067
OCLC No.: 910504573
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910504573
Cataloging Rule: RDA
Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211