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Reading maps

Call Number

  • J 912.014 CUNN (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, 2012, ©2013.

Physical Description

48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.

Summary

Readers will learn how to use lines of longitude and latitude, decipher map legends, and use a compass to orient a map in the real world. They will also discover how maps were first created and how they have changed throughout history.

Contents

  • Making sense of a map
  • Finding direction
  • Latitude and longitude
  • The big truth! : the trouble with longitude
  • Reading the legend
  • Online maps.

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