Dollarhide, William
Summary: "The Great Roads of 1840. Motivated by the need for clear, readable maps, this new American Migration Routes: Part II features descriptions of the same travel routes as Henry S. Tanner's 1840 American Traveller; but adds all new maps for each of the forty-five travel hub cities from the 1840 guidebook. Modern Highway Maps. The trace of an 1840 travel route is emphasized on a current road map....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Family Roots Publishing Company 2022
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 304.873 DOLWaterman, Jonathan
Summary: "This breathtaking book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 590.97 WATSummary: "Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Actar 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 THIMaurer, Tracy Nelson
Summary: Introduces readers to topographic maps and how to use them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2017
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Summary: An introduction to maps, what they represent, how they are constructed, and how to read them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 912 ROYDefoe, Gideon
Summary: "Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's because they were so ludicrous they didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Occasionally they explode violently. A few slip away almost unnoticed. Often the cause of death is either "got too greedy" or "Napoleon turned up." Now and then they just hold a referendum and vote themselves out of existence. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 911 DEFEnloe, Cynthia H.
Summary: Two professors provide a comprehensive overview of the realities of the modern American experience, providing facts and illustrations depicting the nation's changing demographics, patterns of home ownership and the kind of foods being eaten across the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.1317 ENLLibrary of Congress
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Publisher / Publication Date: [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1967
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 912.73 LANBrooke-Hitching, Edward
Summary: The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms, non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: GK Hall 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 025.82 HARSimons, Lisa M. B.
Summary: Introduces readers to basic map features, such as legends and scales. Readers will learn how to measure distances, read a compass rose, and use grid systems to locate destinations. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, labeled diagrams, a quiz and answer key, a phonetic glossary, an index, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J005.118 CWDoran, Michael F.
Contents: Evolution of Virginia's first-order boundary -- Crystallizing and stabilizing second-order boundaries -- Extinct polities of Virginia -- Ogive of Virginia county formation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iberian Pub. Co. 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 917.557 DoranHansen, Dennis R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hansen Pub. Co. 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 796.93 HANGuiley, Rosemary.
Contents: Power points and sacred places -- Earthworks and mounds -- Stoneworks -- Haunted places -- Ghost lights -- Phantom and mystery ships -- Water monsters -- Mysterious creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GUILester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESNational Geographic Society (U. S.)
Summary: Provides an introduction to geography that focuses on the animals found on each continent, including descriptions of common animals, simple pictorial maps, and profiles of endangered species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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Summary: "The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth--the world's seafloor--and the deep-sea divers, ocean mappers, marine biologists, entrepreneurs, and adventurers involved in the historic push to chart it, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and perils this exploration holds now and for the future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 TRESummary: "The Writer's Map is an atlas of the journeys that our most creative storytellers have made throughout their lives. This collection encompasses not only the maps that appear in their books but also the many maps that have inspired them, the sketches that they used while writing, and others that simply sparked their curiosity."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 809 WRIMatthew, Donald
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File, Inc. 1983