Jerry Brotton
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
521 p., [48] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Description
"A fascinating look at twelve maps-from Ancient Greece to Google Earth-and how they changed our world In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history's most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, "father of modern geography," and ending with satellite cartography, A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe,...
2) Great maps
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Description
Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "land of no sunshine" or the land of "people with no bowels"? This book examines the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
Long before the Barbary pirates challenged Thomas Jefferson, English merchants traveled to Marrakesh to trade gunpowder for sugar. Islam and the West crossed paths much earlier than we think--and originally the Muslims had the upper hand. When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. England had always depended on trade. Now its key markets were closed to her Protestant merchants, while the...