Map making / producer, Bruce Nash ; written and produced by Jim Cirigliano ; produced by Actuality Productions.

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Traces the history of maps, from cave-wall carvings in Europe to vehicle dashboard maps linked to satellites, from Marco Polo to Lewis and Clark, and from Ptolemy to Mercator. Relates how Andrew McNally and William Rand turned a small Chicago print shop into the world's largest mapmaker, and covers...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Modern marvels.
Corporate Authors:	Arts and Entertainment Network Actuality Productions History Channel (Television network) New Video Group
Other Authors:	Nash, Bruce M. Cirigliano, Jim
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[New York] : History Channel : Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, ©2002, 1996.
Series:	Modern marvels.
Subjects:	Cartography > History. Global Positioning System. Cartography. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Genre:	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Modern marvels. Mapmaking
Format:	Video DVD

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