In 1901, Josef Fischer accidentally discovered the Waldseemuller Map of 1507 - the first map to depict the world largely as we know it. This book tells the story of the voyagers and thinkers who created this remarkable map and ushered in the New World.

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Captures a period when the world still held room enough for wonders to exist, and presents for today's reader the alternative earth imagined by our not-too-distant ancestors, a world of imaginary lands with mindbogglingly improbable inhabitants; a world sought (and sometimes found) by explorers as notable as Columbus.

A study that tests for, and establishes, the presence of an informal frontier between two of the proposed societies astride the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire border, which lies on the watershed between the Trent and Witham drainage basins.

Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence has been extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios. This text is now fully up to date since its last publication.

How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing conceptions informed and influenced our ideas about society and ourselves? This title challenges conventional interpretations and understanding of water in nature.

An atlas that presents the history of the American West through more than 600 full-color maps and captions. From the earliest human inhabitants and the first European explorers to the national parks and retirement resorts of today, it chronicles the West from uncharted territory to a well-populated Eden.

This Gazetteer is intended to supplement the The Domesday Geography of England by providing an index of place-names together with maps showing their location.

An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities. Spanning many centuries, all continents and the realms of outer space and the imagination, this collection of 138 unique graphics, blending art and history, combines beautiful full-colour illustrations with quirky statistics and smart social commentary. The result is a distinctive illustrated guide to the world. Brimming with trivia, deadpan humour and ...

Providing a perspective on Islam, this work incorporates the patterns of emigration from Muslim-majority countries and the independence of the post-Soviet Muslim states of Central Asia. The maps, which employ design techniques to show shifts in borders and populations, are supplemented by short essays on a variety of themes.

Traces the history of the Arab-Jewish struggle since the early twentieth century, including the death of Yasser Arafat and various proposals for territorial settlement. This book also illustrates the move towards finding peace and the efforts to bring the horrors of the fighting to an end through negotiation and proposals for agreed boundaries.

Provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. This book offers a view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation. It addresses factors such as environmental change and population pressure. It also discusses the evolution of the humanised landscape.

With over 180 maps, commentaries and a bibliography, this second edition of a reference guide to medieval Europe brings the colourful history of the Middle Ages to life. It covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, spreading from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes.