An atlas of geographical wonders from mountaintops to riverbeds : a selection of comparative maps and tableaux

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An atlas of geographical wonders from mountaintops to riverbeds : a selection of comparative maps and tableaux

Jean-Christophe Bailly ... [et al.]

Princeton Architectural Press, c2019

1st ed

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Le monde sur une feuille

An atlas of geographical wonders

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Other authors: Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, Gilles Palsky

"First published by Fage éditions as Le monde sur une feuille, Lyon, September, 2014"--T.p. verso

"Translation of the French edition by Michelle Bailat-Jones"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references

Additional references (web address): p. 208

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • The great measuring of the world / Jean-Christophe Bailly
  • Portraits of groups : nineteenth-century tableaux of mountains and rivers / Gilles Palsky and Jean-Marc Besse
  • Speak to the mind and the imagination : Humboldt's tableau
  • The world's highest mountains
  • The world's longest rivers
  • Mountains and rivers in contrast
  • Thirst for comparison : islands, lakes, waterfalls, and monuments
  • Comparing scales
  • The horizontal and the vertical

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