The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World

By: Dean Robbins

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Synopsis: How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.Join history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you&’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we&’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780593479278
Related ISBNs:: 9780593479254
Publisher:: Random House Children's Books
Date of Addition:: 08/20/24
Copyrighted By:: Dean Robbins
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Science, Travel, Earth Sciences
Grade Levels:: Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade, Third grade, Pre-Kindergarten
Reading Age:: 4–8
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.