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La colección de mapas antiguos de Rodríguez Torres ? Ayuso, donada a la Real Academia de la Historia en 2016, constituye el grueso de la que, a lo largo de los años, fue recopilada por el barcelonés don Antonio Rodriguez Torres, catedratico de Microbiologia de la Universidad de Valladolid desde 1972 hasta su jubilacion, y miembro de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugia de dicha ciudad. La forman 321 mapas de España entre los siglos XV al XIX, fruto de su aficion a la cartografia historica, derivada de la busqueda de grabados y libros antiguos iniciada en los años 1963-65, cuando realizaba en Madrid sus estudios de Salud Publica. A partir de 1983, en que estudio al detalle las ediciones impresas de la Geographia o Cosmografia de Claudio Ptolomeo ?la primera de ellas en 1475? se oriento a la busqueda de mapas historicos de España, convirtiendose en un experto comprador de originales, en sus frecuentes visitas a las librerias de anticuarios especializadas, en España y en sus viajes al extranjero. Su progresivo conocimiento de la historia le permitio ampliar el interes a los diversos territorios que pertenecieron a la Monarquia de España o han estado historicamente bajo la soberania española, asi como a las ciudades y a diversos acontecimientos de nuestra historia. Objetivo especial para el eran los grabados en los que los mapas se adornan con dioses y heroes de la mitologia grecolatina, o con ilustraciones diversas (barcos, monstruos marinos?), guiado siempre por un criterio estetico altamente desarrollado. Estos dos tomos con sus 321 fichas nos permiten tener el privilegio de conocer tan excelsa coleccion, unica en España.

A classic, ever-popular world atlas, the product of Allen Carroll and his team of cartographers at the National Geographic Society. The maps, densely printed with place names and features, are instantly familiar, adapted from the country, regional and thematic maps included with the magazine. This ninth edition includes new maps covering volatile regions such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. World thematic spreads reveal freshwater scarcity, global warming, world economies, energy resources and consumption, and other critical trends. Dramatic ocean floor maps show more features and detail than any other atlas. Sturdily bound (with 416 jumbo 19 x 13-inch pages), the atlas weighs in at 10 pounds.

Selección de mapas de los países iberoamericanos, incluidos España y Portugal, divulgados en Europa desde finales del siglo XV, entresacados de los ricos fondos cartográficos de la Biblioteca General Histórica de la Universidad de Salamanca. Campean entre estas páginas la Geographia de Claudio Ptolomeo; el Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura de Geraldus Mercator; el Theatrum orbis terrarum de Abraham Ortelius; el Nuevo atlas o teatro de todo el mundo en el qual se contienen los mapas y descripciones de España, Asia, África y América de Johannes Janssonius; o la America quae est Geographiae Blavianae. Pars quinta de Joan Blaeu.

El Examen Crítico, que Humboldt tardó treinta años en escribir, constituye la culminación de su extraordinaria obra americana.Es una monumental obra de geografía comparada, pero también de geografía historica, historia de la ciencia, linguistica y, en p

When National Geographic published its first Atlas of the World more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today''s world--including its oceans, stars, climate, natural resources, and more--National Geographic has published its seventh edition of the Atlas of the World. With each new edition, National Geographic strives to make its atlas more than just maps. You''ll learn that the coldest place in the world is the Plateau Station in Antarctica, where the average daily temperature is minus 56.7 degrees Celsius; the most populated continent is Asia, with more than 3.6 billion people, or 60.8 percent of the world''s population; the driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile; a flight from New Delhi to Rio de Janeiro covers 14,080 kilometers; life expectancy in the Republic of Zambia is 37 years; and the literacy rate in Turkmenistan is 98 percent. Flip through the pages of this impressive book and you will feel as though the world is literally at your fingertips. Full-page spreads are devoted to more than 75 political and physical maps (political maps show borders; physical maps show mountains, water, valleys, and vegetation). There are many new touches to be found in this edition, including increased usage of satellite images, an especially helpful feature when researching the most remote regions of the earth; more than 50 updated political maps that record the impact of wars, revolutions, treaties, elections, and other events; and the use of the latest research on topics such as tectonics, oceanography, climate, and natural resources. The sheer size of the atlas''s index--134 pages--offers insight into just how much information is packed into 260-plus pages. The book is so physically large, in fact, that when it''s open, the reader is staring at three square feet of information, a surface area larger than many television screens. The potential uses of this book for a family are vast, from settling a friendly argument to completing a school report. In the end, though, the atlas is still mostly about maps. Pages and pages of maps. Maps that force us to see how wonderful and dynamic our world is. Maps that remind us of where we''ve been and where we''d still like to go. --John Russell

Combining state-of-the-art cartographic technology and information with dynamic and diverse physiographic and cultural content, the Eight Edition is National Geographic's most accurate and interesting record of the world yet. The opening section, Ninety Years of Mapping at National Geographic, traces the founding of Geographic cartography to the present advances in technology and the practice of compiling and organizing geographic information. The atlas truly begins with three stunning new, full-spread world maps, that drape Earth's surface seamlessly with satellite imagery, then physical and natural features, and finally today's political world of countries and growing cities.World thematic topics are organized into two groups: the Physical and Natural World and Human Activities. The Physical and Natural World section includes captivating core topics such as the evolution of earth, geology and tectonics, climate and weather, oceans, world water, the bioshere, and biodiversity. Human Activities covers 11 world themes: population, migration and refugees, conflict and terrorism, cultures, economy, energy and minerals, communications, food, health and education, the environment, and ending with wildlands. All of these intriguing spreads reflect the most authoritative and recent data available and are reviewed by preeminent scholars and experts. Lined up after the world thematic focus is the continental division. All seven continents open with views from space and are then represented with separate physical and political maps. Larger scale regions of each continent are presented for higher definition and detail. Because of our primary readership, additional coverage is given to the UnitedStates and Canada. An entirely new component to the Eighth Edition is the city section. Maps and text discussing urban explosion will open this compilation of sixty new maps. Pictures, fact boxes, and text will accompany each city map to create colorful and informative portraits of our built environment. Selected cites such as, New York, Mexico City-the most densely populated city in the world, and Paris will receive more detailed scaling. Less familiar and remote areas of the world and beyond-the poles, the ocean floors, and space-are mapped with new data and findings and dramatic effects. The addition of a new spread and map devoted to Mars will provide a timely reference to the expected news coverage of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission-S

Dirs., Gaspar Fernández Cuesta y Francisco Quirós Linares.