The Phantom Atlas - The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

Zusatztext ' The Phantom Atlas describes some 50 "myths! lies and blunders" and illustrates them in delightful detail...deserve[s] a place on the coffee table! but only after it's been read: there is as much to absorb as to see.' Informationen zum Autor Edward Brooke-Hitching is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling books The Phantom Atlas (2016), The Golden Atlas (2018), The Sky Atlas (2019), The Madman's Library (2020) and The Devil's Atlas (2021), all of which have been translated into numerous languages; he is also the author of Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports (2015). He is a writer for the BBC series QI. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an incurable cartophile, he lives surrounded by dusty heaps of old maps and books in Berkshire.  Klappentext The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong. "The Phantom Atlas" is a beautifully produced volume, packed with stunning maps and drawings of places and people that never existed. The remarkable stories behind them all are brilliantly told by Edward Brooke-Hitching in a book that will appeal to cartophiles everywhere. Zusammenfassung The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong

Product details

• Authors: Edward Brooke-Hitching, Brooke-Hitching Edward, Edward Brooke Hitchi
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9781471159459
• ISBN: 978-1-4711-5945-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 255 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book; Travel > Maps, city plans, atlases > World, Arctic, Antarctic; HISTORY / World, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, General & world history, Cartography, map-making & projections, General and world history, Cartography, map-making and projections