Atlas of Our Country's History

Atlas of Our Country's History
Author: Nyrom Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-01-31
Genre: Atlases
ISBN: 9780782508727

Includes a variety of maps. The section that deals with the history of the United States also makes use of illustrated time frames. Has many facts about the United States and the states.

Historical Atlas of the United States

Historical Atlas of the United States
Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1993
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780870449703

Maps trace the development of the United States, showing environmental, political, social, and economic change

An Atlas of Extinct Countries

An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Author: Gideon Defoe
Publisher: Europa Editions
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1609456815

"Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated—and timely—history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. “Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close.” 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 is an atlas of 48 nations that fell off the map. The polite way of writing an obituary is: dwell on the good bits, gloss over the embarrassing stuff. This book refuses to do so, because these dead nations are so full of schemers, racists, and con men that it’s impossible to skip the embarrassing stuff. Because of this – and because treating nation-states with too much reverence is the entire problem with pretty much everything – these accounts are not concerned with adding to the earnest flag saluting in the world, however nice some of the flags might be."

The New Atlas of World History

The New Atlas of World History
Author: John Haywood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Atlases
ISBN: 9780691152691

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Thames & Hudson Ltd...London"--Colophon.

History of the World in Maps

History of the World in Maps
Author: Times Atlases
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-11-05
Genre: Historical geography
ISBN: 9780008147792

From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.

A Cartographic History of Our Lives and History from the Beginning of Recorded Time to the Present Day

A Cartographic History of Our Lives and History from the Beginning of Recorded Time to the Present Day
Author: Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Historical geography
ISBN: 9781921209710

How will we be remembered? History is simply the interaction of our lives with each other and with nature. It begins with acts of adventure, courage, blind ambition, greed, and folly that are then recorded. Without accurate recording, we wouldn't know that Napoleon used a sandbox to construct his battle plans and transmitted messages to troops using semaphore, and that Christopher Columbus thought he'd landed in India instead of America - thus the name Indians for the local people there. Historical Atlas is a comprehensive history of the world to date. Learn everything from the gruesome detail of Nero's torture of Christians to the methods Kublai Khan used to select his concubines. Who did Marco Polo meet along the Silk Road and how did a lowly carpenter influence so much of the world's religion? The world as we know it is nothing more than the sum of Earth's history. Every event in time is influenced and guided by humankind and we cannot begin to know what might happen until we understand what has already occurred. Beginning with the origins of humankind and the migration of people around the globe, the Historical Atlas details the remarkable historical events that guide our future. Covering all of recorded time, this book moves effortlessly through the eons of our existence, cementing the path of our development, culture, and expectations. Historical Atlas presents hundreds of specially commissioned maps, detailed with symbols and icons that reveal a full and vivid image of the individual events of history. Each time period is divided into areas of the world so that overlapping events are contained within the boundaries of their geographic and chronological eras. The narrative is fresh and modern, revealing our history with zest and vigor. Each period is also illustrated with images that lure us into the era. Divided into chronological order and continents, the book is a cartographic narrative of humankind's time on Earth to the present.

Historical Atlas of the United States, with Original Maps

Historical Atlas of the United States, with Original Maps
Author: Derek Hayes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2006
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9781553652052

Using more than five hundred historical maps from collections around the world, this stunning book is the first to tell the story of America's past from a unique geographical perspective. Covering more than half a millennium in U.S. history -- from conception to colonization to Hurricane Katrina -- this atlas documents the discoveries and explorations, the intrigue and negotiations, the technology and the will that led the United States to become what it is today. Richly detailed, visually breathtaking maps are accompanied by extended captions that elucidate the stories and personalities behind their creation. Coasts and mountains, rivers and lakes, and peaks and plains are described by explorers encountering them for the first time. These maps can convey explorers' ideas of what lay over the mountains ahead, their notions about what was discovered, and their explanations of the land's potential for sponsors back home. The maps can also show a promoter's attempt to sell his project to settlers or a general's assessment of a coming battle. They chart the wars that created and molded the country: the French and Indian War and the War for Independence; the Mexican and Civil Wars; the numerous Indian wars; as well as more localized battles of conquest and survival. Readers can follow the progression of map creation and design as more knowledge was gained about the American continent. Distilling an enormous amount of information into one handsome volume, the Historical Atlas of the United States highlights the evolution of geographical knowledge at the same time that it presents a fascinating chronicle of the expansion and development of a nation.

The Times Atlas of World History

The Times Atlas of World History
Author: Times Books (Firm)
Publisher: Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond Incorporated
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780723005346

Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times to the present