Download or read book Mapping the World: Mapping new lands written by Grolier Educational (Firm) and published by Grolier Academic Reference. This book was released on 2002 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A eight volume reference set that provides a history of map making, describes the different types of maps, their purpose and the techniques used to make them, plus the meaning of some of the symbols and how to use them to read maps.