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On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does

Autor Simon Garfield
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 oct 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, with pocket maps of dragons, Mars, murders and more, with plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the route. 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 the mapping of Monopoly and Skyrim, and from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds. En route, there are 'pocket map' tales on dragons and undergrounds, a nineteenth century murder map, the research conducted 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 examination of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going."Delightful. If maps be the fuel of wanderlust, read on." From the foreword by Dava Sobel, author of Longitude.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781846685095
ISBN-10: 1846685095
Pagini: 464
Ilustrații: 60 ills
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

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. He lives in London and St Ives, with old maps lining the walls.

Recenzii

Praise for Just My Type'Every so often someone writes a book about an obscure subject and uses it to illuminate the rest of the world... this is one of the best
After being walked through these stories, it's difficult to even look at a cereal packet in the same way again
This is a smart, funny, accessible book that does for typography what Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves did for punctuation
Advance Praise for On the Map: Just when you think there have been enough books written on maps, the best one comes along
Will no doubt dominate the Christmas market
Simon Garfield had great success with Just My Type, so looks certain to repeat this with On the Map.
There couldn't be anyone better to write about our love of maps than Simon Garfield, who is a master at unearthing strange facts and mixing them with a lively personal narrative . . . fascinating
Garfield has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight.
Simon Garfield's new book is a rollicking sweep through map history, packed with curiosities and written with verve . . . On the Map will inspire you to take a trip to somewhere new, buy an antique globe to chart the rise and fall of empires, or just dig out a tatty orange Ordnance Survey Explorer map and let its filigree of contour lines evoke a long-forgotten walk in the rain . . . a great book.
A stunning celebration of the cartographic. As one of the UK's leading contemporary polymaths, Garfield's always a joy to read for his gossamer-light show of rigorous learning, his shed-dweller precision in research and his infectious glee in passing on the golden nugget of fact.
Garfield's genial prose twinkles with the delight of discovery
A pub quizzer's dream . . . Rather than over-romanticise the experience of map-reading, 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. Perhaps if Apple had read the book a few months ago, today's iPhone users would have a much better idea of where they're going.
He takes us on a fascinating voyage . . . and is a lively companion for the journey.
He hops around the world, ancient and modern, with glee, dispensing information, both learned and chatty. On the Map is informative and entertaining, and good fun . . . fascinating.