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Maps are Territories: Science is an Atlas
David Turnbull
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| #1173020 in Books | 1994-03-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .30 x9.75 x8.94l, | File type: PDF | 72 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A cartographer's delight|By Tom|This book is absolutely wonderful. It gets at the ways we imagine space and the ways that can affect how we understand the world around us. Lots of examples of different types of maps and ways people have imagined space over time. Definitely will challenge you to think in new ways.|13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.|
"The map is not the territory" is a cartographic truism. It means that unless the map is drawn on a mile-to-mile scale and has the same physical characteristics as the territory itself, it cannot be perfectly accurate. But as David Turnbull demonstrates, the map is a metaphor not only for the territory it represents but for the culture that created it. As such, it takes on the meaning of the territory and its importance in that culture.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Maps are Territories: Science is an Atlas | David Turnbull. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.