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Cartography

Sovereign Map Theoretical Approaches in Cartography throughout History

Christian Jacob

ISBN: HB: 9780226389530, University of Chicago Press, October 2006
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 colour plates, 45 halftones, 15 line drawings

A novel work in the history of cartography, "The Sovereign Map" argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much about the art of persuasion as the science of geography. As a classicist, Christian Jacob brings a fresh eye to his subject...

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Sea Life

Amazing Nature

Sperm Whales Social Evolution in the Ocean

Whitehead Hal

ISBN: PB: 9780226895185, ISBN: HB: 9780226895178, University of Chicago Press, August 2003
456 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 41 tables, 60 halftones, 84 line illus.

Famed in story as "the great leviathans", sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes. Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males can reach a length of sixty-two feet and can weigh upwards of fifty ton...

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Cartography

Spying with Maps Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy

Monmonier Mark

ISBN: PB: 9780226534282, University of Chicago Press, November 2002
250 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones, 58 line drawings

Maps, as we know, help us find our way around. But they're also powerful tools for someone hoping to find you. Widely available in electronic and paper formats, maps offer revealing insights into our movements and activities, even our likes and disli...

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