The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps by Peter Whitfield Quebec signed & titled in pencil

signed & titled in pencil

wood engraving (short tear to right margin & few small pinholes to margins)

(mostly colour)

and her powerful works about death

The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps by Peter Whitfield Quebec signed & titled in pencilThe Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps by Peter Whitfield pp. viii, 144. profusely illustrated in b&w & colour. index. wrs. [London]: The British Library, [2010]. Second Edition. New. ISBN 10: 0712350896 ISBN 13: 9780712350891 For over two thousand years people have drawn maps to help them define the world they inhabit. Each mapmaker's perception of his or her world has been influenced by the religious, political, social or economic