Mapping a Changing World Author:Yvette LA Pierre This engaging book, using over forty magnificent color reproductions of antique and new maps, and written in clear, lively prose, shows how maps have evolved over centuries, beginning with a Babylonian etching on a clay tablet and ending with a radar image taken from the space shuttle Endeavor. Young geographers - and readers of all ages - will... more » be riveted by the adventures of real-life explorers, scientists, and mapmakers, including Ptolemy, Cheng Ho, Columbus, and the many modern cartographers.« less