books.google.co.uk - Early map making was characterized by secrecy. Maps were precious documents, drawn by astrologers and travelers, worn out through use or purposely destroyed. Just as men first mapped the earth indirectly, via the sun and stars, so must the history of maps be approahced circuitously, through chronicles,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Story_of_the_Maps.html?id=Qh7nDfGm7BkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Story of the Maps
