"Certain to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship." John Noble Wilford, "New York Times Book Review," on the "History of Cartography" series "The maps in this book provide an evocative picture of how indigenous peoples view and represent their worlds. They illuminate not only questions of material culture but also the cognitive systems and social motivations that underpin them" (from the introduction). Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this latest book of the acclaimed "History of...
"Certain to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship." John Noble Wilford, "New York Times Book Review," on the "History of Cartograph...
This extraordinary map, the first of its kind created for any state, is a wonderful way to discover the history, culture, land, and people of Wisconsin. Nearly 1500 points of interest are located on the map, including the sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder s Little House in the Big Woods near Pepin, the World s Largest Fish Fry at Port Washington, John Muir s boyhood farm near Montello, the Honor the Earth Pow Wow at Lac Court Oreilles, the nation s first kindergarten in Watertown, Hoard s Dairy Shrine in Fort Atkinson, the Pabst Mansion in Milwaukee, the great Peshtigo Fire, the Green Bay...
This extraordinary map, the first of its kind created for any state, is a wonderful way to discover the history, culture, land, and people of Wisco...
