Book Review | The Cartographers
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd is a suspense novel with a cartographic twist.
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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd is a suspense novel with a cartographic twist.
These maps are the earliest known representations of a particular geography, name, or geographical phenomenon.
A common myth is that ‘Hic Sunt Dracones’ (here be dragons) was used frequently on maps throughout history.
The United States represents a vast area of land with 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million square kilometers) in size. A recent release of population figures … Read more
Well into the 17th and 18th centuries, cartographers created maps of the region showing California separated from the mainland by a strait.