Great Maps (Print ISBN 978-1409345718) is out next week and presents 64 maps in chronological order, from the prehistoric Bedolina Petroglyph to Google Earth.
The diverse selection includes: Thematic mapping; info graphics; cartographic inspired artworks; celestial charts; nautical charts; topological and general cartography. Each map is shown in its entirety followed by selected details, all accompanied with commentary by historian Jerry Brotton.
Luped® Media Research sourced and delivered extra-large, high-resolution images to meet the publisher’s requirements, ensuring every map and its highlights can be examined in depth. We carefully prepared details and selected views that allow readers to appreciate both the artistry and the technical achievement of each map, supporting the book’s focus on close-up examination and the unique character of every example.
Great Maps succeeds in showing how technology, military power, politics, religion and art have all influenced mapmakers which in turn has shaped our perception of the world.
We particularly like the way each map is reproduced at full page size or larger whenever possible; this alone sets the book apart from others and makes it very competitively priced.
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