On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Garfield, Simon

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man...
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Author: Simon Garfield
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On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Garfield, Simon

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

€30,20

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

€30,20
Author: Simon Garfield
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.
Simon Garfield'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 mapping--not language--is what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Follow the history of maps from the early explorers' 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 history--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 "pocket maps" 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 Garfield'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.



Author: Simon Garfield
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
Published: 11/05/2013
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781592407804
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Simon Garfield is the author of fourteen acclaimed books of nonfiction including Just My Type. He lives in London and St. Ives, Cornwall.


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