Armitage Geoff: The World at Their Fingertips
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Between 1680 and 1807 British publishers produced a sequence of double-hemisphere world maps each printed on two sheets and conjoined. These maps are a peculiarly British phenomenon of this period and they provide a key indicator of the way the British map trade specifically targeted a newly prosperous and upwardly aspiring class of purchasers. The buyers were hungry for geographical information,…