{"product_id":"the-road-to-there-mapmakers-and-their-stories","title":"The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories","description":"Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction\n\nHonor Book for the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Social Studies, Grades 7-12\n\nShortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year\n\n2003 winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award Seal\n\nShortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction\n\nIncluded on VOYA’s ninth annual Nonfiction Honor List\n\nSelected for inclusion in CCBC Choices 2004: the best-of-the-year list published by the Cooperative Children’s Book center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\n\nNamed Notable Book by the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award in the intermediate nonfiction category\n\nRoad maps; sailor’s charts; quilts; songlines; gilded parchment covered with jewel-like colors; computer printouts – to guide us through the strange, vast, beautiful, and mysterious frontiers of the world of maps, Val Ross presents the men and women who made them.\n\nHere are some of the unexpected stories of history’s great mapmakers: the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain, Captain Cook, the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially-pieced quilts, the woman who mapped London’s streets, princes, doctors, and warriors. These are the people who helped us chart our way in the world, under the sea, and on to the stars.\n\nWith reproductions of some of the most important maps in history, this extraordinary book, packed with information, is as fascinating and suspenseful as a novel.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0887769330\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0887769330.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ross, Val\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42973035397181,"sku":"BVV.0887769330.G","price":5.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0887769330-0.jpg?v=1770065802","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-road-to-there-mapmakers-and-their-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}