Historical Geography
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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe fo
- Author: Brotton, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0802163688
- Language: English
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
$27.95 Read moreDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. P
- Author: Green, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0393635341
- Language: English
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From the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairy Tales
$18.95 Read moreAn insightful, beautifully written study of how nature has influenced popular fairy tales like Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood–pairing 12 modern retellings with detailed histories of Northern Eur… [more below]
- Author: Maitland, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 1619021919
- Language: English
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
$18.95 Add to cartSeashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas.
In The Sound of the Sea, accla
- Author: Barnett, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1324022078
- Language: English
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Geography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipline of Geography heading? Geography has alway… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Matthews, John A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 20 2008
- ISBN10: 0199211280
- Language: English
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All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
$50.00 Add to cartCreated for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.
In this visually stunning boo- Author: Miller, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1426219725
- Language: English
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Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journey to Abandoned Destinations from Around the Globe
$30.00 Read moreExplore the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history, pushed off the map and out of sight.
From ancient ruins- Series: Unexpected Atlases
- Author: Elborough, Travis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0711263302
- Language: English
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Great City Maps: A Historical Journey Through Maps, Plans, and Paintings
$35.00 Read moreJourney back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world’s greatest cities.
Great City Maps is the companion title to DK’s Great Maps and takes a focused look at over 70 gorgeous- Series: DK Great
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 146545358X
- Language: English
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Heaven’s Harsh Tableland: A New History of the Llano Estacado
$42.00 Read moreThe Llano Estacado–dubbed by author Paul H. Carlson as “heaven’s harsh tableland”–covers some 48,000 square miles of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In this new survey of the region, the story… [more below]
- Series: American Wests, Sponsored by West Texas A&m University
- Author: Carlson, Paul H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1648431542
- Language: English
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The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts
$16.95 Read moreIn this real-life historical treasure hunt, bestselling author Graham Robb–“one of the more unusual and appealing historians currently striding the planet (New York Times)”–reveals the mapping of an
- Author: Robb, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0393349926
- Language: English
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
$27.95 Read moreSeashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas.
In The Sound of the Sea, accla
- Author: Barnett, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0393651444
- Language: English
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To the Ends of the Earth: How the Greatest Maps Were Made
$35.00 Read moreThis lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age.
Britain’s leading cartographic author takes- Author: Parker, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0711282641
- Language: English
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History of North America Map by Map
$50.00 Add to cartThis book offers a visual journey through North America’s history via a series of engaging, detailed maps explaining key events and eras from prehistory to the 21st century.
Specially commissioned map- Series: DK History Map by Map
- Author: Dk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0744092027
- Language: English
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The Age of Melt: What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us about Climate, Culture, and a Future Without Ice
$30.00 Add to cartA thought-provoking scientific narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture.
Glaciers figure prominently in both ancient and contemporary- Author: Baril, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1643261517
- Language: English
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Landmark Maps of Texas: The Frank and Carol Holcomb Collection
$100.00 Read moreLandmark Maps of Texas features important depictions of the Lone Star State and the Americas from 1513 to 1904. 100 maps in their old color grace its pages and many of these specimens are extraordinar
- Author: Holcomb, Frank H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1649670206
- Language: English
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The Cities That Built the Bible
$22.99 Add to cartFor many, the names Bethlehem, Babylon, and Jerusalem are known as the setting for epic stories from the Bible featuring rustic mangers, soaring towers, and wooden crosses. What often gets missed is t
- Author: Cargill, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0062366769
- Language: English
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The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
$22.00 Add to cartThe first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat’s guide to Africa
A Penguin Classic In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan d- Author: Africanus, Johannes Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0241543932
- Language: English
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Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
$35.00 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.
“Sicily,” said Goethe, “is- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0812995171
- Language: English
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Hard Road West: History and Geology Along the Gold Rush Trail
$21.00 Add to cartIn 1848 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, an… [more below]
- Author: Meldahl, Keith Heyer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0226519627
- Language: English
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How the States Got Their Shapes
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
“Give me the splendid irregularities any day. God bless the panhandles and notches, the West Virginias and Oklahomas.” — Wall Street Journal
Why does Oklahoma have that panhan
- Author: Stein, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0061431397
- Language: English
