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Washington in Maps: 1606-2000 | 
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| Author: Iris Miller
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
Buy Used: $7.42
You Save: $42.58 (85%)
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 94887
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 9.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0847824470
Dewey Decimal Number: 912.753
EAN: 9780847824472
ASIN: 0847824470
Publication Date: December 6, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Some shelf wear on cover, pages in good condition. Ships promptly in a padded mailer w/ delivery confirmation.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Standing among the most important cities of the world, and a planned city from its inception, Washington, District of Columbia, is abundantly documented. In Washington in Maps, Iris Miller delves into this historic documentation, into sometimes rare and often buried maps and letters and charts, and reveals to us a brilliant portrait of this ever-evoloving capital of a nation.
Washington in Maps features, in full color, over 100 glorious maps, dating from the seventeenth century to the present, featuring the most splendid antique maps of Washington-to the extraordinary, otherworldly satellite imagery of today. Included are maps by Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the man upon whose design modern Washington now stands; a map of Captain John Smith from 1608; and maps by the Senate Park (McMillan) Commission, among many others.
Maps detail both the current reality of a place, and, as well, offer imaginative renderings of future possibility, in the process often becoming something of extraordinary beauty in their own right. Washington in Maps charts a passionate course through this terrain and serves as a testament to the wonder, artistry, and intelligence that these maps manifest.
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| Customer Reviews:
teensy disappointment January 1, 2004
Judy Lovchik (Baltimore)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Everything about this book is too little. The pictures, the maps, the print. Incredibly small font, maps that can be seen only via strong magnifying glass. No legends for the maps--you have to look through the teensy text for explanations. It would make a nice coffee table book for elves. Doesn't even have the heft of a quality book.
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