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Parker, Philip

 
9780712352994: The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0712352996 ISBN 13 : 9780712352994
Editeur : British Library Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Discover the world's greatest maps as never before in the most fiendishly difficult cartographic quiz book. The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book invites the reader to embark upon a thrilling journey from the streets of ancient Rome to the vastness of Canada's Arctic North, from pre-Revolutionary New York to the trenches of the First World War and from Germany's emerging Autobahn network to the craters on the far side of the moon. En route, decipher a series of increasingly difficult clues, place-name conundrums, ingenious anagrams and cryptic questions. Use your answers to scrutinise the maps, locate the right spot and guide you to the realm of geographical genius.

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À propos de l'auteur

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specialising in cartography as well as ancient and medieval history. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010), The Northmen's Fury (2014) and The A-Z History of London (2019).

He was the general editor of Himalaya (2013) and the award-winning Great Trade Routes (2010). As a publisher Philip ran The Times Books list, including works on ancient civilisations and The Times History of the World. He lives in London with his partner and daughter.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Discover the world's greatest maps as never before in the most fiendishly difficult cartographic quiz book.

The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book invites the reader to embark upon a thrilling journey from the streets of ancient Rome to the vastness of Canada's Arctic North, from pre-Revolutionary New York to the trenches of the First World War and from Germany's emerging Autobahn network to the craters on the far side of the moon.

En route, decipher a series of increasingly difficult clues, place-name conundrums, ingenious anagrams and cryptic questions. Use your answers to scrutinise the maps, locate the right spot and guide you to the realm of geographical genius.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
British Library Publishing
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712352996
ISBN 13 
9780712352994
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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