maps

Explains what maps are and why they are used. Introduces symbols found on maps, and describes how cartographers map the world. Includes related activities.

Presents information on maps, with colorful illustrations that find Tosca and her crew on an adventure to hidden treasure across the planet Salmagundy, as it teaches basic map skills and compass reading by solving puzzles.

Explains what maps are and how to use them, discusses map symbols and their meanings, and includes maps of a house, community, city, state, country, and the world.

Introduces all kinds of maps including weather, topographic, road, and undersea; and explains such terms as scale, projections, symbols, latitude, and longitude.

Contains eighteen stories and exercises designed to improve geography and map skills.

Discusses different types of maps, how they are made, and tells about people who create them.

Teaches simple navigational tricks and the construction and use of floor plans, maps, and natural compasses as well as physical, political, topographical, and astronomical maps, and contains quizzes, puzzles, and activities, including triangulation, orienteering, and how to make an astrolabe.

Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.

This book teaches how to use a map scale to determine distance and how to use a map to plan a trip.

This book introduces compass roses, the history of longitude and latitude, Earth's time zones, and the relationship between latitude and climate.