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Author:

Sumira, Sylvia, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001021996

Title:

Globes : 400 years of exploration, navigation, and power / Sylvia Sumira.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Globes--History.
Globes--Pictorial works.
Globe industry--History.
Cartography--History.
Discoveries in geography--History.
British Library--Catalogs.

Notes:

Based on the collection of globes in the British Library. (Preface) Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- The parts of a globe -- A brief history of globes -- The making of globes -- The globes.

ISBN:

022613900X
9780226139005

OCLC:

(OCoLC)855507192

LCCN:

2013031279

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)