figurines & knick knacks
the road to there mapmakers and their stories
winner of the 2004 norma fleck award for canadian childrens non fiction br honor book for the society of school librarians internationals best book award social studies grades 7 12 br shortlisted for the childrens literature roundtable information book of the year br 2003 winner of the mr. christies book award seal br shortlisted for the 2004 norma fleck award for canadian childrens non fiction br included on voyas ninth annual nonfiction honor list br selected for inclusion in ccbc choices 2004 the best of the year list published by the cooperative childrens book center of the school of education at the university of wisconsin madison br named notable book by the international reading associations childrens book award in the intermediate nonfiction category p road maps ; sailors charts ; quilts ; songlines ; gilded parchment covered with jewel like colors ; computer printouts to guide us through the strange vast beautiful and mysterious frontiers of the world of maps val ross presents the men and women who made them . br here are some of the unexpected stories of historys great mapmakers the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain captain cook the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially pieced quilts the woman who mapped londons streets princes doctors and warriors . these are the people who helped us chart our way in the world under the sea and on to the stars . br with reproductions of some of the most important maps in history this extraordinary book packed with information is as fascinating and suspenseful as a novel . p from the hardcover edition .