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Mapmaking fulfills one of our deepest desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not show just continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell ; to happiness and despair ; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harmon, Katharine A., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Cartography.
Thematic maps.
Kaarten (geografie)
Verbeelding.
Artists' books > New York (State)
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Personal Geography
  • I, Mercator / Stephen S. Hall
  • Body Map of My Life/ Bridget Booher
  • At Home in the World
  • Mental Geography of Appalachian Trail Hikers / Roger Sheffer
  • Two Maps of Boylan Heights / Denis Wood
  • Memory Map / Katie Davis
  • Realms of Fantasy
  • The Lure of Maps in Arthur Ransome / Hugh Brogan.