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- Title: Map assembling the world in an image
- Author: Phaidon Editors
- ISBN: 0714869449
- Page: 186
- Format: Kindle
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Un vrai r gal pour qui comme moi adore les cartes avec une loupe pour voir les d tailsOn ne voit pas passer le temps
I was quite disappointed The maps are not only so much reduced as to be mostly illegible, but the reproductions are mediocre, using a relatively coarse half tone screen and less than vibrant colors Why reviewers have not noted these limitations is a mystery Phaidon could and should have done much better especially given the Introduction s claim that this book puts the emphasis back on the experience of viewing rather than of describing The accompanying photo shows an enlargement of a typical squ [...]
I m a map freak love maps That said, this book was a complete disappointment The maps are printed so small that you cannot read them without a magnifying glass AND in bright light I do not expect to pay this for a book and have these problems with it If I could leave no stars, I would Don t waste your money on this one totally not worth it.
I will echo some of the sentiments as far reproduction quality, but I find this a fascinating object It sits in our office foyer and I leaf through it when I m waiting for someone to come by I ve never gotten bored More than cartography, the book is about the power and relevance of a given map The map that partitions Palestine in 1947, the first scale map from Sumeria c 1500 BC, the Jainist map of the universe, the Burlington Railroad time zone map which became the US time zones all these give o [...]
From an NPR review, I greatly enjoyed this book While is is not a scholarly treatment of cartography, it IS a coffee table grade overview of a galaxy of ways to deliver information.
This book was informative and beautiful Bought as a gift for someone who loves maps in fact, she was a cartographer and she loved it