History of the World in Maps: The rise and fall of Empires, Countries and Cities

Ashworth, Mick; Parker, Philip

ISBN 10: 0008147795 / ISBN 13: 9780008147792

Edité par Times Books, 2015

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4to (34 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's laminated boards with dust jacket (minor shelf wear). From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes but has often driven them. Every map tells a story, and this book recounts the remarkable history of our world through maps, showcasing many famous examples of cartography alongside others that deserve wider recognition. Key maps featured include Babylonian clay tablets, c.2300 BC and c.600 BC (among the world's oldest surviving maps); Waldseemüller World Map, 1507 (the first to use the name 'America' for the New World); Waghenaer chart, 1584 (a precursor to modern nautical charts); Abel Buell map of North America, 1782 (the first map of the newly independent United States produced in America by an American); the Scramble for Africa, 1852/1898 (maps depicting the creation of new colonies); Ypres, 1918 (map of the aftermath of World War I); and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 (map used by President John F. Kennedy during the crisis).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: History of the World in Maps: The rise and fall of Empires, Countries and Cities
• Éditeur: Times Books
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0008147795
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780008147792
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• Poids: 1670 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Maps & Atlases
  • History

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Synopsis

From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps, the world has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which we see it. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, over 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.

Every map tells a story and this book tells the incredible history of our world through maps, and includes many famous examples of cartography, along with some that deserve to be better known. See countries and cities come and go, empires rise and fall, significant geographical discoveries, and key historical events unfold.

Key maps shown include:
• Babylonian clay tablets, c.2300 BC and c.600 BC – some of the world’s oldest surviving maps.
• Waldseemüller World Map, 1507 – the first map to use the name ‘America’ for the New World.
• Waghenaer chart, 1584 – a forerunner to modern nautical charts.
• Abel Buell map of North America, 1782 – the first map of the newly independent United States that was produced in America by an American.
• The Scramble for Africa, 1852/1898 – maps of new colonies being created.
• Ypres, 1918 – map of the aftermath of the First World War.
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 – map used by President John F. Kennedy during the crisis.

À propos de l?auteur

A historian and Sunday Times bestselling author with The Northman’s Fury, who studied at Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University.

He has written widely on the worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages and his unique panoramic history of the nation was published by Collins: History of Britain in Maps.

He lives in London.