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Place and Time : MAPPING OUR WORLD : Discover how maps are essential to finding our way around the world / Author Steve Tomecek

By: Series: DK super planetPublisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025Edition: First American EditionDescription: 48 pages : colour illustrations, colour photographs, colour maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593962619
Other title:
  • Mapping our world
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 912.014
Contents:
What are maps? -- Why do we need maps? -- Map keys and symbols -- Map scales -- The globe -- Compass directions -- Latitude and longitude -- Longitude and time zones -- Hemispheres -- Topographic and physical maps -- Historical maps -- Thematic maps -- Mapping climate change -- Transit maps -- Modern mapping -- Everyday science : navigating by the stars -- Everyday science : geocaching -- Let's experiment : make a treasure map -- Let's experiment : make a compass -- Vocabulary builder : a hike to remember -- Glossary.
Summary: For thousands of years, maps have been helping people find their way - but what can they tell us about our world? Learn about the history of map-making and the importance of time zones and topography while learning key map skills - from navigating by the stars to modern mapping and GPS.
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"Full of FANTASTIC facts!"-- Cover.

Includes index.

What are maps? -- Why do we need maps? -- Map keys and symbols -- Map scales -- The globe -- Compass directions -- Latitude and longitude -- Longitude and time zones -- Hemispheres -- Topographic and physical maps -- Historical maps -- Thematic maps -- Mapping climate change -- Transit maps -- Modern mapping -- Everyday science : navigating by the stars -- Everyday science : geocaching -- Let's experiment : make a treasure map -- Let's experiment : make a compass -- Vocabulary builder : a hike to remember -- Glossary.

For thousands of years, maps have been helping people find their way - but what can they tell us about our world? Learn about the history of map-making and the importance of time zones and topography while learning key map skills - from navigating by the stars to modern mapping and GPS.

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