Explores the process of making and reading maps, from using sticks and clay to plot early routes, to satellites that circle the globe. Includes activities for making your own maps.
Explains how maps and globes are designed and how to get the most out of them, including special purpose maps. Discusses how maps can be used to make written and oral reports more interesting.
In the mid-1960's Rand McNally assembled a team of the world's leading cartographers and geographers for an extraordinarily ambitious purpose: to design and create the ultimate refernce atlas - one that would surpass all others in cartographic quality, comprehensiveness, and ease of use.