Bibliograph

On the map, why the world looks the way it does, Simon Garfield

Type

Label

On the map, why the world looks the way it does, Simon Garfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography (p. 446-448) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On the map

Responsibility statement

Simon Garfield

Sub title

why the world looks the way it does

Summary

From Mappa Mundi to Myst - the bestselling "Just My Type" author turns his gaze to maps. Maps have the most amazing stories - and Simon Garfield is the perfect author to tell them. This is a book that will inspire mapophiles but engage even those of us who stare blankly at an OS pathfinder's hieroglyphs. Just as Garfield found the magic in fonts, here he creates compelling narratives on everything from the challenge of mapping the oceans to spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of America, from Churchill's crucial war maps to the lay-out of a Monopoly board, from crime maps to music maps, from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds. En route, there are 'map-break' tales on Michelin and railway maps, how to fold a map maps of places that never existed, a London A-Z from 1677 and the weirdness of videogame mapping. "On The Map" will explain where we've been, how we got there and where we're going

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator