Theatre of the World - The Maps that Made History

Zusatztext In his gorgeous book ! 'Theater of the World!' Thomas Reinertsen Berg provides dozens of full-color maps along with fascinating details about the history of attempts to represent geographical space...Berg makes a strong case that maps served many purposes beyond representing geographical space. Readers can expect to spend happy hours with this book ! tracing routes and reading reports of adventuring navigators. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Reinertsen Berg (born 1971) is a journalist and writer. He has written for several Norwegian papers such as Morgenbladet , Klassekampen and Dagsavisen , where he has worked especially with cultural and scientific subjects. Klappentext This detailed and narrative-rich story of the history of maps selects the most fascinating episodes, characters and events along the trajectory from cave-wall symbols to Google Earth, presenting the changing human attitude to the unknown and the cultural factors that influence our sense of the world. Zusammenfassung A beautifully presented, prize-winning book about how maps have changed the world.

Report

In his gorgeous book, 'Theater of the World,' Thomas Reinertsen Berg provides dozens of full-color maps along with fascinating details about the history of attempts to represent geographical space...Berg makes a strong case that maps served many purposes beyond representing geographical space. Readers can expect to spend happy hours with this book, tracing routes and reading reports of adventuring navigators. The Washington Post

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Reinertsen Berg, Thomas Reinertsen Berg
• Assisted by: Alison McCullough (Translation)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781473688629
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-8862-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 242 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical maps and atlases, Geographical maps (specialist), Historical maps & atlases