History of the World in 12 Maps

Name: History of the World in 12 Maps
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ISBN: 9780670023394

ISBN-10: 0670023396

ISBN-13: 9780670023394

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Authors: Jerry Brotton

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A fascinating look at twelve mapsfrom Ancient Greece to Google Earthand how they changed our worldIn this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history’s most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, father of modern geography,” and ending with satellite cartography, A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe, and the Islamic and Buddhist worlds to life and reveals their influence on how weliterallylook at our present world.As Brotton shows, the long road to our present geographical reality was rife with controversy, manipulation, and special…

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List price: $40.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/14/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Illustrations


Introduction



Science: Ptolemy's Geography, c. AD 150



Exchange: Al-Idrisi, AD 1154



Faith: Hereford Mappamundi, c. 1300



Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402



Discovery: Martin Waldseemï¿½ller, World Map, 1507



Globalism: Diogo Ribeiro, World Map, 1529



Toleration: Gerard Mercator, World Map, 1569



Money: Joan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662



Nation: The Cassini Family, Map of France, 1793



Geopolitics: Halford Mackinder, 'The Geographical Pivot of History', 1904



Equality: The Peters Projection, 1973



Information: Google Earth, 2012


Conclusion: The Eye of History?


Notes


Acknowledgements


Index