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Nature 457, 1085-1086 (26 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/4571085a; Published online 25 February 2009
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Inside the map-maker's mind
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BOOK REVIEWED-The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
by Denis Wood and & John Fels.
University of Chicago Press: 2008. 231 pp. $49
I trace with my finger the ridgeline to the summit of Mount Everest. The beautiful, icy, white-, blue- and granite-coloured map on the cover of The Natures of Maps brings the peak easily within reach.
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