01739cam a2200349 i 4500 12791 12791 OSt 20240716164617.0 190110t20192019nyu 001 0 eng 9781616898236 (Hardcover : alk. paper) eng fre pcc GA300 .B2513 2019 911 23 Bailly, Jean-Christophe, author. Le monde sur une feuille. English An atlas of geographical wonders : comparing the world's mountains and rivers / Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, Gilles Palsky. First edition. 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 x 32 cm "Translation of the French edition by Michelle Bailat-Jones"--T.p. verso. Includes index. The great measuring of the world / Jean-Christophe Bailly -- Portraits of groups: Nineteenth-century tableaux of mountains and rivers / Gilles Palsky and Jean-Marc Besse -- Speak to the mind and the imagination: Humboldt's Tableau -- The world's highest mountains -- The world's longest rivers -- Mountains and rivers in contrast -- Thirst for comparison: Islands, lakes, waterfalls, and monuments -- Comparing scales -- The horizontal and the vertical. Atlases History 19th century. Mountain mapping History 19th century. Stream mapping History 19th century. Prints, European 19th century Themes, motives. Mountains in art. Rivers in art. Besse, Jean-Marc, author. Grand, Philippe, 1945- author. Palsky, Gilles, author. ddc 0 0 ddc 0 911_000000000000000 0 BMSCA BMSCA 2024-07-16 1 3236.25 0 911 AR-UG4001 2024-07-16 00:00:00 4315.00 2024-07-16 BPLAN