The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories

The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories

Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian childrenâ€™s non-fiction

Honor Book for the Society of School Librarians Internationalâ€™s Best Book Award â€“ Social Studies, Grades 7-12

Shortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year

2003 winner of the Mr. Christieâ€™s Book Award Seal

Shortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Childrenâ€™s Non-fiction

Included on VOYAâ€™s ninth annual Nonfiction Honor List

Selected for inclusion in CCBC Choices 2004: the best-of-the-year list published by the Cooperative Childrenâ€™s Book center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Named Notable Book by the International Reading Associationâ€™s Childrenâ€™s Book Award in the intermediate nonfiction category

Road maps; sailorâ€™s charts; quilts; songlines; gilded parchment covered with jewel-like colors; computer printouts â€“ to guide us through the strange, vast, beautiful, and mysterious frontiers of the world of maps, Val Ross presents the men and women who made them.

Here are some of the unexpected stories of historyâ€™s great mapmakers: the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain, Captain Cook, the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially-pieced quilts, the woman who mapped Londonâ€™s streets, princes, doctors, and warriors. These are the people who helped us chart our way in the world, under the sea, and on to the stars.

With reproductions of some of the most important maps in history, this extraordinary book, packed with information, is as fascinating and suspenseful as a novel.
Country USA
Brand Tundra Books
Manufacturer Tundra Books
Binding Paperback
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2009-09-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780887769337

Country	USA
Brand	Tundra Books
Manufacturer	Tundra Books
Binding	Paperback
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2009-09-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780887769337

The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories

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