Great Maps
The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained
$105.20
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2014
Summary
The world’s most fascinating maps explored and explained
The whole world is mapped out for your viewing pleasure in this captivating compendium, ranging from past to present through diverse themes of transport and technology to discoveries and development.
Covering the classical maps of the ancient world and travelling through time to reach Google Earth in the 21st century, this unprecedented history of more than 60 maps opens up our planet as never before. Great Maps…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409345718 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409345718 |
| Author: | Jerry Brotton |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Imprint: | DK |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 1.65kg |
| Dimensions: | 308mm x 261mm x 23mm |
| Series: | DK History Changers |
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About The Author
Jerry Brotton
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a leading expert in the history of maps and Renaissance cartography. He is the author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps and The Sale of the Late King’s Goods- Charles I and His Art Collection, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Hessell Tiltman History Prize. He also presented the BBC television series Maps- Power, Plunder and Possession.
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