maps

"Without a map key, some maps would not be able to be understood at all! The symbols found in the legend, or key, tell what resources a place has, how a country's borders have changed over the course of its history, and so much more. In this helpful book, readers are introduced to common map key symbols and learn how they can be used on all kinds of maps, from political to physical maps. Full-color examples of maps with simple keys help readers apply their new knowledge immediately"--Provided by publisher.

"A map-making boy is stumped when a girl asks him for a map of the 'perfect place'"--Provided by publisher.

"Discover history's first mapmakers across cultures and civilizations in this . . . illustrated nonfiction story about cartography"--Front jacket flap.

This atlas is packed with maps of early Earth and more than 40 profiles of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Stare down a T-Rex in North America. Watch out for Velociraptors' slashing claws in the Gobi Desert. Trek across the Siberian tundra and discover a woolly mammoth. This stunning book uses breathtaking computer-generated imagery to make every animal come to life. Using specially created maps, this dinosaur atlas also shows you what the world looked like millions of years ago. A modern 3D globe next to each map helps you understand the arrangement of the continents over time and why we find fossils where we do. You can see what paleontologists have dug up on each continent and learn how they put together a picture of the past from a puzzle of ancient clues.

Alidade, Lewis, Blue, and their new friends and Mapmakers, finally take on the Night Coats, who will ruin any chance of hope for their homes and family if they do not succeed in stopping them.

A United States atlas for children ages eight to twelve that contains full-color maps that highlight physical features, capitals, and other towns and cities of each state, and includes photographs as well as essays about land and water, animals, people, and other points of interest.

Joining an expedition to chart the southern seas, twelve-year-old mapmaker's assistant Sai, posing as a well-bred young lady with a glittering future, realizes she's not the only one on board harboring secrets when she discovers the ship's true destination.

Some places, you won't find on any maps. Others, are only on maps, Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. He's also just been found dead; in his office at the New York Public Library. Nell hadn't spoken to him in years; ever since he fired her after an argument over a seemingly worthless highway roadside map. A map which was mass-produced, and every copy of which is being found and destroyed. But why? Answering that question will take Nell on a dangerous journey into the heart of a conspiracy beyond belief, a secret about her family, and the true power that lies in maps.

Alidade, Lewis, and Blue encounter a young boy named Cado, who brings them to his hidden Mountain village where his people are suffering from a mysterious illness, and Alidade, determined to prove her worth as a Mapmaker, tries to bring balance and magic to the Mountain.

Jake and the crew help Mr. Smee save Captain Hook after he finds a treasure map and gets caught in a dangerous place.