An comparing the world's mountains and rivers Bailly, Jean-Christophe creator author. Besse, Jean-Marc author. Grand, Philippe 1945- author. Palsky, Gilles author. text nyu 2019 2019 First edition. monographic eng fre

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208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 x 32 cm 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. Jean-Christophe Bailly, Jean-Marc Besse, Philippe Grand, Gilles Palsky. "Translation of the French edition by Michelle Bailat-Jones"--T.p. verso. Includes index. 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 GA300 .B2513 2019 911 9781616898236 190110 20240716164617.0