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All Show, Not a Lot of Go...
"Mapping the Civil War", by Christopher Nelson with Brian Pohanka, is beautifully formatted and nicely illustrated, but it isn't the history of map-making in the Civil War implied by the title.The book's foreward introduces the topic of how important handmade maps were in a country without standard geodesy products.However, Christopher Nelson's history of the Civil War that follows is unremarkable in content and coverage.There is no sustained attempt to document in detail the importance of maps to the conflict.The volume does contain a nice but surprisingly limited selection of maps, sketches, and photographs from the extensive holdings of the Library of Congress, which are beautifully presented.

"Mapping the Civil War" may be worth a look for the casual reader interested in the Civil War.More serous students of the Civil War can find more detailed content elsewhere.

A beautiful printing job but just coffee table material.
The Forward was the best reading, with interesting historical insights about map makers during the war, but with Chapter One, the book turned into a "one over the world" scale recap of selected battles of thewar.The book displayed maps associated with a particular battle, butbeyond "pretty" they were useless. I bought the book in the hopethat the map reprints could be studied and perhaps compared to the WestPoint Atlas.But unfortunately, map details are mostly illegible asprinted.They present the reader only with a sense of what a CW period maplooked like.Fold out maps reproduced with some greater clarity and thususeful detail would have been preferred to the useless reprints of oldcivil war photographs which added nothing to a book on map making andprobably made the book more expensive to produce.Disappointing.

A must read for all Civil War buffs!
A well documented volume.Mr. Pohanka and Mr. Nelson have a winner with this volume. Nicely detailed in all aspects.If any one individual has full and accurate knowledge of the Civil War it is Mr. Pohanka.His books come highly recommended! ... Read more

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Describes various types of maps, as well as compass roses, and map keys. ... Read more

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This book sheds light on processes associated with theconstruction of cognitive maps, that is to say, with the constructionof internal representations of very large spatial entities such astowns, cities, neighborhoods, landscapes, metropolitan areas,environments and the like. Because of their size, such entities cannever be seen in their entirety, and consequently one constructs theirinternal representation by means of visual, as well as non-visual,modes of sensation and information - text, auditory, haptic andolfactory means for example - or by inference. Intersensorycoordination and information transfer thus play a crucial role in theconstruction of cognitive maps. Because it involves a multiplicity ofsensational and informational modes, the issue of cognitive maps doesnot fall into any single traditional cognitive field, but rather into,and often in between, several of them. Thus, although one is dealinghere with processes associated with almost every aspect of our dailylife, the subject has received relatively marginal scientificattention.
The book is directed to researchers and students of cognitive mappingand environmental cognition. In particular it focuses on the cognitiveprocesses by which one form of information, say haptic, is beingtransformed into another, say a visual image, and by which multipleforms of information participate in constructing cognitive maps. ... Read more

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The massive expansion of the Victorian age produced a demand for detailed maps to determine ownership of land and to plan development. Edward Stanford, a leading Victorian cartographer, produced these maps to show the railways, factories, docks and roads that were springing up everywhere. So detailed are these maps that even individual gardens of suburban homes are shown, as are separate platforms of the new railway termini and, astonishingly, even the individual statues in the city. Anyone seeking information about their forebears will be able to find the streets, alleyways and outlying villages where they lived; where they went to school; the churches and chapels where they were married and attended Sunday services; the factories, riverside wharves and farms where they worked; the miserable workhouses where they ended their days and the burial gounds where they were laid to rest. The early railways are marked, as are the houses of famous people such as the Hampstead home of Sir Rowland Hill, the social reformer who invented the postal service. ... Read more

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More than fourteen years have passed since the second edition of the Map and Geography Round Table's Guide to U.S. Map Resources appeared in 1990. The third edition offers users a detailed snapshot of and guide to hundreds of map collections and cartographic resources in libraries and repositories throughout the nation. Geographic information systems (GIS), the World Wide Web, email, Portable Document Format, data sets, the Internet and digitization have all played revolutionary roles in transforming libraries--and map collections in particular--over the past fifteen years. Today's librarian who works with maps is no longer limited by the contents of his or her own collection. In many cases the librarian can turn to the Internet and locate a map or data set physically located in a library hundreds of miles away. ... Read more

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This comprehensive listing of the maps produced by the Intelligence Department of the War Office, between 1881 (when the Department's output started to be numbered in sequence) and 1905. The maps reveal the preoccupations of the government during the height of the British Empire. ... Read more

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All passenger railways of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales are shown, with train operator routes colour coded for ease of planning. There is an enlarged map of London, and castles, museums and other places of interest are marked. ... Read more

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This collection of maps, based on 40 works of fiction, non-fiction, travelogues and screen-plays, is designed as a tool for integrating geography with literature studies. Each entry lists title, author, genre and date of publication, and gives a brief geographical summary. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Introduces how to read and use a map key, and provides instructions on how to create a map of one's own bedroom and a key to its symbols. ... Read more

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Good Help in Map Education
This book is a benefit to emergent readers and ESOL students in learning map skills.I highly recommend this series. ... Read more

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Providing the basics for working with spatial-data collections in libraries, this book describes in detail the processes and procedures of map selection, acquisition, classification, cataloging, everyday storage, care, preservation, reference, public relations, and education. Addresses both hard copy and digital forms. ... Read more

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Indispensable
This book is essential for managing any spatial data collection.I have read it numerous times, and appreciate the author's authority, humor, and scholarship.An extensive bibliography leads you to whatever is neededoutside the scope of the book.This new edition takes us into the digitalage, addressing the acquisition, storage, and use of digitial data.Thanksto the author for this vital work. ... Read more

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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This introductory book describes maps and globes, including the map legend, map scale, directions, equator, and North and South Poles. ... Read more

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Good basic book about geography
This book does provide a good basic introduction for kids.Just needs to have some pictures updated in it.My four-year-old twins will enjoy it.

Looking at Maps and Globes
Carmen Bredeson has written a very good introduction to maps and globes. Covers such topics as legends, directions, and scale. The writing and the book design are clear and clean. The illustrations and photographs are of good quality, but I wished there had been more photos taken specifically for this book as oppose to stock photos. There is an index. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review ... Read more

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An introduction to maps, what they represent, how they are constructed, and how to read them. ... Read more

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Topographic maps show changing elevation through the use of lines.Learn the unique features of these maps and how to calculate elevation changes. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world. ... Read more

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Great Book
Needed this book to teach a lesson. It is a great book and received it in a timely matter.

+++ Super Fast +++
Me on the Map was one of the fastest transactions I've done online.I was surprised to have the book arrive so fast.Highly recommend this company.

A good book to start teaching geography
I homeschool and this is a good book for teaching K and 1st grade kids their "place" in the world. It starts with a girl mapping her room and extends all the way to her place on the globe. It is a really fun easy way to introduce geography/maps.

Fabulous book!
What a great book.Great pictures.After reading it we sat down and made a map of my 4 year old's room.If only it explained the difference between living out in the country (like on a farm) and living in a different country (like China or Australia).But I can't complain.We love it!

Great beginning map placement for kids
I homeschool and this is an excellent book for teaching elementary school kids their "place" on the map. It starts with a girl mapping her room and extends all the way to her place on the globe and back again. An excellent teaching tool for putting things in perspective! Not enough words to make this a bedtime book, but enough to cause interaction and learning. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An old map leads the members of the Elm Street Kids' Club to a buried time capsule. A MathStart Level 3 book. ... Read more

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very weird illustrations
My 6 1/2-year-old daughter says, "maybe the illustrations are for decoration."We think the strangest one is the mutant clown baby.The illustrations aren't frightening, but they don't seem to have anything to do with the story.Young children might be confused by two apparently unrelated stories going on at once.We also noticed that the map gets larger throughout the story, at one point needing the entire group of children to hold it up.The book is entertaining mainly as a curiosity.

library -- seriously.
Yeah.

Maybe it's because we're a linear family.

The illustrations are ... ok -- there's a dreamlike quality to the giant weird feather duster lady.It detracts from the story.First she crawls under the treasure map, then she bolts through a door in the hill, then she pushes the clowns for a ride, then she wipes off the buried X.Is she the one coming out of the river in snorkeling gear?No, that's someone else.It's too odd.What about the lamp and telephone in the pine forest?The illustrations were very ... playful? Jarring?Disconnected from the text? Cool but distracting? All of those.

The rest is cute, but I don't really think it teaches directions and early-map-reading skills.

GREAT book!
We used this book to begin our 7 year old daughter's treasure hunt birthday party!That was 3 years ago and it is still a family favorite. The mystery is intriging and they don't even realize they are getting math practice too!! ... Read more