Simon Garfield,Dava Sobel
Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the ,Just My Type, reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.,Simon Garfieldâ€™s ,Just My Type, illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes on a subject even dearer to our fanatical human hearts: maps.,Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mappingâ€”not languageâ€”is what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Follow the history of maps from the early explorersâ€™ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our historyâ€”and reflect the best and worst of what makes us human.,Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing â€œpocket mapsâ€ on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, ,On the Map, is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfieldâ€™s signature narrative flair. Map-obsessives and everyone who loved ,Just My Type, will be lining up to join Garfield on his audacious journey through time and around the globe.
Nonfiction,History,Science,Geography,Travel,Science,Cartography,Maps,Geography,Cartography,History,Microhistory,Historical,Art
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks