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Author: Caitlin Dempsey
• 6/14/07 • Categorized as Fun
This standard geography textbook question was always answered “The Nile”. Now, research, in part done through remote sensing, may change that answer to “The Amazon.”
The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design is a cartographic classic by Arthur H. Robinson originally published in 1952. The book was based on Robinson’s doctoral research “which investigated the relationship between science and art in cartography and the resultant refinement of graphic techniques in mapmaking to present dynamic geographic information.”