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Covering shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, this book reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps. It charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images.

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"Monmonier has taken the most assumed and invisible part of a map and made it jump from the page as a multifaceted and complex feature of interest and importance to all. I have enjoyed all of Monmonier's books, and I am particularly happy to have him play the role of cartographic world diplomat, as he does such an outstanding job of it. Coast Lines is no exception." - Keith C. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara"

Coast Lines How Mapmakers Frame the World and

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 5 January 2008
      ISBN-13 9780226534039
      978-0226534039
      ISBN-10 0226534030
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Covering shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, this book reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps. It charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images.

      Trade Review
      "Monmonier has taken the most assumed and invisible part of a map and made it jump from the page as a multifaceted and complex feature of interest and importance to all. I have enjoyed all of Monmonier's books, and I am particularly happy to have him play the role of cartographic world diplomat, as he does such an outstanding job of it. Coast Lines is no exception." - Keith C. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara"

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