Maps and Mapping
Deborah Chancellor
Kingfisher, 2004

Maps and Mapping is a great introductory book that takes into account many different aspects of maps and mapmaking: why we need them, how we use them, what features can be on them, what we can map, mapping history and current technology, and more.

Four simple but enriching activities are provided at the end, allowing readers to use the information they have just learned: making a compass, mapping your bedroom, making a 3-D map of hills, and making a treasure map.

In Maps and Mapping, readers see maps from all around the world and throughout time, small-scale and large-scale, basic and detailed. They see maps of land and sea, town and country, and even the moon and stars.

With contour maps, ocean ridge maps, Mercator projections, 900-year-old world maps, and a lot more, Maps and Mapping presents with colorful layouts a broad array of the products and possibilities of mapmaking.

The book makes good use of maps’ potential to be an excellent visual learning tool for youth.

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