Great Maps

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 looks at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

A propos de l'auteur

Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is a regular broadcaster and critic as well the author of The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize), This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World, and the bestselling and award-winning A History of the World in Twelve Maps, which has been translated into twenty languages.

Résumé

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 looks at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jerry Brotton, Brotton Jerry
• Edition: Dorling Kindersley
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9781409345718
• ISBN: 978-1-4093-4571-8
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 260 mm x 310 mm x 25 mm
• Thème: DK History Changers
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; HISTORY / Historiography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Historiography, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical Geography