Book of Donmon Teith

Explains the concepts of latitude and longitude as well as the purpose of the compass rose on a map.

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be

Laugh and learn with fun facts about mapmakers, geography, compasses, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"t

Two remarkable Iranian world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran. Mecca is at the centre and a highly