On the Map
Why the world looks the way it does
(Sprache: Englisch)
From Mappa Mundi to Google Maps - the bestselling Just My Type author turns his gaze to maps.
Packed with accompanying map illustrations and images.
Packed with accompanying map illustrations and images.
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From Mappa Mundi to Google Maps - the bestselling Just My Type author turns his gaze to maps.
Packed with accompanying map illustrations and images.
Packed with accompanying map illustrations and images.
Klappentext zu „On the Map “
From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, this title examines how maps both relate and realign our history. It explores the legendary, impassable mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the Norse discovery of America and more.
Autoren-Porträt von Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield is the author of more than a dozen acclaimed books of non-fiction, including the international bestseller, Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, and a trilogy of edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive, which includes the bestselling Our Hidden Lives. He lives in London and St Ives, with old maps lining the walls.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Simon Garfield
- 2013, 464 Seiten, 60 Abbildungen, Maße: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846685109
- ISBN-13: 9781846685101
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.09.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „On the Map “
"'Garfield has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight.' (Iain Finlayson, Times) 'Simon Garfield's new book is a rollicking sweep through map history, packed with curiosities and written with verve... a great book.' (Mark Wilson, Independent on Sunday) 'Garfield allows his varied, expertly researched stories to speak for themselves, and in so doing helps us see that there are fewer things in life more useful, rewarding and beautiful than a map that does what it's supposed to.' (David Clack, Daily Telegraph) 'Garfield's genial prose twinkles with the delight of discovery' (Tom Hawker, Wanderlust)"
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Garfield has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight. The Times
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