maps

Discusses the science of geography as measured by globes, maps, latitude, longitude, and map symbols, and presents related projects.

Explains what maps are and why they are important, looks at how maps can be used to provide information about different habitats, and includes an activity.

When Princess Ellie finds a one-hundred-year-old treasure map, she and her best friends, Kate and Prince John, hurry to saddle up and go exploring, but the palace grounds have changed a lot since the map was drawn.

Introduces maps and teaches essential mapping skills, including how to create, use, and interpret maps of towns and cities.

Reproductions of 167 maps originally published from the 16th to 19th centuries, with biographical sketches of the map makers.

Jill uses a map to keep track of the places where her dog Bingo has been burying his bones to save them from being taken by Hulk the cat.

Attorney/antiquities hunter Mara Coyne is hired by Republican kingmaker Richard Tobias to find an ancient map stolen from an archaeological dig he is sponsoring in China, and Coyne sets out with misgivings to locate the missing map, only to discover it is a much more valuable document than she had imagined and that there are those who will kill to keep the history-changing map from coming to light.

Simple text and photographs introduce the basic parts of a map, how to use a map's legend, and the difference between a map and a globe.

Explains what maps are and how they are used, describes various elements of maps, looks at different types of maps and the information they contain, and includes photographs, diagrams, and investigations.