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The mapmakers

John Noble Wilford

1981414 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1981
first published
  • 1981Knopf · 414 pages · ENGISBN 9780394461946
  • 1981Junction · 414 pages · ENGISBN 9780862450410
  • 1982Vintage Books · 414 pages · ENGISBN 9780394753034
  • 2000A.A. Knopf · 507 pages · ENGISBN 9780375409295
  • 2001Vintage Books · 507 pages · ENGISBN 9780375708503
  • 2002Pimlico · 507 pages · ENGISBN 9780712668125

A comprehensive history of cartography that traces the adventures, discoveries and feats of technical ingenuity by which man has succeeded in mapping the globe, moon and the planets.

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