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Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Making Space : Revisioning the World, 1475-1600
Language: English
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2004
Subject: Cartography, Earth Sciences / Geography, United States / General, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases)
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Référence, Technology & Engineering, Science, History
Author: John Short
Series: Space, Place and Society Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover
