{"product_id":"the-shape-of-things-dean-robbins-9780593479254","title":"The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin history's first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you'll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we've arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593479254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593479254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2024","brand":"Dean Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44890704281855,"sku":"9780593479254","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03314389-c6f7-458c-adf2-8ba29b63bc42.jpg?v=1709739788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shape-of-things-dean-robbins-9780593479254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}