National Geographic World Map

Created 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 book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps--and Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or not--this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.

The new National Geographic Benchmark Recreation Atlases are an ideal recreation resource complete with accurate, detailed topographic maps. They contain a wealth of robust travel information, including campground locations, state park maps, sports and activity destinations, museums, hunting and fishing information, historic sites and even climate details. Every feature is clearly labelled, field-checked and verified, and everything is organised for convenience and intuitive ease-of-use. The books feature a double laminated cover to prevent wear and tear. Scale : 1:200,000 Flat Size : 381 x 254 mm.

Contains the latest data, maps of the world, and graphs as well as lively essays about the world, geography-themed games, crosswords, and picture puzzles.

Combining cartographic technology with physiographic and cultural content, this atlas has a section on the physical and natural world with core topics such as evolution of earth, geology, climate and biodiversity, a section on human activities such as population and migration as well as the seven continents

Presents world, regional, and thematic maps as well as photographic essays on each continent.

"This book highlights more than a hundred maps from every era and every part of the world. Organized chronologically, they display an astonishing variety of cartographic styles and techniques. They range from priceless artistic masterworks like the 1507 Waldseemuller world map, the first to use the name "America, " to such practical artifacts as a Polynesian stick chart, a creation of bent twigs, seashells, and coconut palms that was nevertheless capable of guiding an outrigger canoe safely across thousands of miles of trackless and seemingly endless ocean. Some, like the portolans, or sea charts, of the Age of Discovery, were closely guarded state secrets that shaped the rise and fall of empires; others circulated widely and showed such fabled routes as the Silk Road across western Asia and the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails that opened up the American West."--Jacket.

- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Travel Map National Geographic's City Destination map of Vancouver is both a comprehensive map and travel guide for this extraordinarily beautiful city. A regional map, insets of Victoria and Granville Island, and information about the city, points of interest, Stanley Park, and Victoria and Vancouver Island are featured on the front side of the map. Individual maps of the Translink System and Vancouver International Airport will help you navigate the transit terminals to more quickly and efficiently access your desired destinations. A detailed street map of the city is shown on the reverse side, complete with an inset map of the Lower Mainland. Points of interest, theaters, monuments, hotels, churches, parks, visitor information centers, and pedestrian areas are clearly marked and easy to find with the multi-language legend. The location of SkyTrain (light rail), West Coast Express (regional train), and Seabus stations, as well as parking areas are particularly useful in exploring Vancouver and its environs. Every Destination Map is printed on durable synthetic paper, making them waterproof, tear-resistant and tough -- capable of withstanding the rigors of any kind of travel. Map Scale = 1:13,700 Sheet Size = 17.75" x 24.75" Folded Size = 4" x 8.75"

• Waterproof • Tear-Resistant • Travel Map In addition to the easy-to-read map on the front, the back includes: - Regional map - Points of interest - Metro map - Airport diagrams for Montreal-Dorval and Montreal Mirabel International airports - Inset map of Vieux-Montreal (Old Montreal) - Multi-language legend Fold Size = 4.00 x 8.75 Sheet Size = 24.75 x 17.75 Scale = 1:15,000