They Put out to Sea, The Story of the Map

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
University of London Press, Ltd.

BINDING
Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and globe design.

BOOK CONDITION
Good, a little shelf wear and a few marks, printed pages and illustrations clean. 

DUST JACKET
Fair, some tearing and creasing around edges, spine is stained and marked.

EDITION
1959 printing of 1947 first edition.

DESCRIPTION
The text includes many black and white drawings by the author. Coloured depiction of Ptolemy's world map in endpapers, and accurate world map at end of text. 179pp.

SYNOPSIS
An entertaining history of maritime exploration and the mapping of the world, written to appeal to a younger readership.