The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps - Couverture rigide

Brooke-Hitching, Edward

 
9781452168401: The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
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ISBN 10 : 1452168407 ISBN 13 : 9781452168401
Editeur : Chronicle Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the mysteries within ancient maps ― Where exploration and mythology meet

This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.

Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies.

Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet.

Cartography’s greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms.

If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas

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À propos de l?auteur

Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector and author of Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes and Games. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a writer for the popular BBC TV show QI, he lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London.

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Éditeur
Chronicle Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1452168407
ISBN 13 
9781452168401
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Andreas Meier
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9781471159459: The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1471159450 ISBN 13 :  9781471159459
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2016
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