On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does Simon Garfield
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On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does

Author: Simon Garfield
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Book Title
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does
Author
Simon Garfield
Book Condition
VERY GOOD
ISBN
9781846685095
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Profile Books
Year Published
2012
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. His compelling narratives range from the quest to create the perfect globe to the challenges of mapping Africa and Antarctica, from spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America, from Ordnance Survey to Monopoly and Skyrim, and from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds. En route, there are 'pocket map' tales of dragons and undergrounds, a 19th century murder map, research on the different ways that men and women approach a map, and an explanation of the curious long-term cartographic role played by animals. On the Map is a witty and irrepressible exploration of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.

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. His compelling narratives range from the quest to create the perfect globe to the challenges of mapping Africa and Antarctica, from spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America, from Ordnance Survey to Monopoly and Skyrim, and from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds.

En route, there are 'pocket map' tales of dragons and undergrounds, a 19th century murder map, research on the different ways that men and women approach a map, and an explanation of the curious long-term cartographic role played by animals.

On the Map is a witty and irrepressible exploration of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.

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. His compelling narratives range from the quest to create the perfect globe to the challenges of mapping Africa and Antarctica, from spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America, from Ordnance Survey to Monopoly and Skyrim, and from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds.

En route, there are 'pocket map' tales of dragons and undergrounds, a 19th century murder map, research on the different ways that men and women approach a map, and an explanation of the curious long-term cartographic role played by animals.

On the Map is a witty and irrepressible exploration of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.