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On the Map. Why the world looks the way it does. By Simon Garfield.
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On the Map
Why the world looks the way it does
Author: Simon Garfield
Profile Books, 2012
464 pages
Included: Fold-out map
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Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories.
From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. With a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter, Garfield explores the legendary, impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the Norse discovery of America, how a Venetian monk mapped the world from his cell and the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel.
Along the way are pocket maps of dragons, Mars, murders and more, with plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the route.
On The Map is a witty and irrepressible examination of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.
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Used book i good condition. Slight wear on the edges of the dust jacket. Clean copy, no notes or markup.
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