Secret Maps
Autor Magdalena Peszko, Nick Dykes, Tom Harperen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 oct 2025
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780712355643
ISBN-10: 0712355642
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 229 x 286 x 31 mm
Greutate: 1.69 kg
Editura: British Library Publishing
ISBN-10: 0712355642
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 229 x 286 x 31 mm
Greutate: 1.69 kg
Editura: British Library Publishing
Notă biografică
Tom Harper is the British Library’s Head Curator of maps. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps and Atlas: A World of Maps. Nick Dykes is a cartographic curator at the British Library. Magdalena Peszko is a cartographic curator at the British Library.
Cuprins
Introduction
Medieval and Early Modern Secrecy and Maps
1. Secrets of Empire
2. Secrets of the State
3. Secrets in Societies
4. Privacy
Afterword
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Medieval and Early Modern Secrecy and Maps
1. Secrets of Empire
2. Secrets of the State
3. Secrets in Societies
4. Privacy
Afterword
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Recenzii
"Harper, Dykes, and Peszko are specialists in the cartographic section of the esteemed British Library, England’s national library. They obviously know the technical side of map-making, but they also bring infectious enthusiasm and deep historical insight to their task of explaining how secrecy has affected the making of maps at a wide range of locations across the globe. . . . Readers can easily imagine themselves on a tour of the British Library, moving from room to room with Harper, Dykes, or Peszko serving as their well-informed docent.”
“Mapmakers walk an ever-shifting line between the need to share information and the desire to withhold it, generating tensions that are masterfully explored in this volume. Drawing on the vast British Library archive, the authors showcase a myriad of motives and methods for secrecy in maps. A singularly rich exploration of a central theme in cartographic history."
“Every map conceals and simultaneously reveals knowledge. The brilliance of Secret Maps is in showing how this paradox lies at the heart of not just mapping, but humanity’s obsession with making and decoding secrets at the level of states, empires, societies, and even individuals. Extraordinary in its range and depth, from Henry VIII’s coastal maps to maps of hidden treasure, the Western Front, and the Cold War, this beguiling survey of secret maps charts new directions in map history.”
"Here is a compendium that should not exist, as its subjects were supposed to be hidden. The immediate response is therefore to race eagerly through to discover the most incredible revelations. But on further inspection, this work is exquisitely written and presented: at last, a map book which allows the subjects to breathe and provides the illuminating stories behind them. A tour de force of the subject that has never before been attempted so comprehensively, Secret Maps is a compulsory contribution to the cartography canon. It is intensely informative and deeply delightful, assuring high prominence in any map lover’s collection.”