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On The Map - Why the world looks the way it does (Paperback, Main)
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On The Map - Why the world looks the way it does (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R341
Discovery Miles 3 410
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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 a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy
to Twitter, Garfield explores the legendary, impassable (and
non-existent) mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in
combatting cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the
Norse discovery of America, how a Venetian monk mapped the world
from his cell and the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel. Along
the way are pocket maps of dragons, Mars, murders and more, with
plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the route. From the
bestselling and widely-adored author of Just My Type, On The Map is
a witty and irrepressible examination of where we've been, how we
got there and where we're going.
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