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Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World

Contributor(s): Robbins, Dean (Author), Tavares, Matt (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780593479254

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Pub Date: August 20, 2024

Dewey: 912.09

Lexile Code: 0580

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.41" H x 10.25" L x 11.33" W ( 1.11 lbs) 40 pages

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages."--Provided by publisher.

Review Quotes: "Map lovers and readers interested in the development of knowledge and technology will be drawn to Robbins' look at how we, over millennia, have documented Earth's shape." --Booklist

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