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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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About the Author
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.
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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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