Jerry Brotton
1) 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.