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The Golden Atlas - The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps (Hardcover)
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The Golden Atlas - The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps (Hardcover)
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'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry 'A fabulous book, good enough to
eat with a spoon! Marvellous' John Lloyd, creator of QI 'Perfect
for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual
exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created'
National Geographic 'Introduces us to a whole different way of
looking at maps. Great illustrations, most engaging - the author is
just a mine of information' Simon Mayo's Books of the Year The
Golden Atlas is a spectacular visual history of exploration and
cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of
global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most
beautiful maps ever created. The book reveals how the world came to
be known, featuring a magnificent gallery of exceptionally rare
hand-coloured antique maps, paintings and engravings, many of which
can only be found in the author's collection. Arranged
chronologically, the reader is taken on a breathtaking expedition
through Ancient Babylonian geography and Marco Polo's journey to
the Mongol Khan on to buccaneers ransacking the Caribbean and the
voyages of seafarers such as Captain Cook and fearless African
pathfinders. Their stories are told in an engaging and compelling
style, bringing vividly to life a motley collection of heroic
explorers, treasure-hunters and death-dealing villains - all of
them accompanied by eye-grabbing illustrations from rare maps,
charts and manuscripts. The Golden Atlas takes you back to a world
of darkness and peril, placing you on storm-lashed ships, frozen
wastelands and the shores of hostile territories to see how the
lines were drawn to form the shape of the modern world. The
author's previous book, The Phantom Atlas, was a critically
acclaimed international bestseller, described by Jonathan Ross as
'a spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' and this new book
is sure to follow suit.
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