An atlas of geographical wonders : comparing the world's mountains and rivers / Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, Gilles Palsky.
By: Bailly, Jean-Christophe [author.]
Contributor(s): Besse, Jean-Marc [author.] | Grand, Philippe [author.] | Palsky, Gilles [author.]
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Edition: First editionDescription: 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 x 32 cmISBN: 9781616898236Uniform titles: Le monde sur une feuille. English Subject(s): Atlases -- History -- 19th century | Mountain mapping -- History -- 19th century | Stream mapping -- History -- 19th century | Prints, European -- 19th century -- Themes, motives | Mountains in art | Rivers in artDDC classification: 911 LOC classification: GA300 | .B2513 2019| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BMS College of Architecture, Design and Planning | 911 (Browse shelf) | Available | AR-UG4001 |
"Translation of the French edition by Michelle Bailat-Jones"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
The great measuring of the world / Jean-Christophe Bailly -- Portraits of groups: Nineteenth-century tableaux of mountains and rivers / Gilles Palsky and Jean-Marc Besse -- Speak to the mind and the imagination: Humboldt's Tableau -- The world's highest mountains -- The world's longest rivers -- Mountains and rivers in contrast -- Thirst for comparison: Islands, lakes, waterfalls, and monuments -- Comparing scales -- The horizontal and the vertical.
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