How to Draw a Map. A Mapmaker's Journey Through History
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2019
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United KingdomThe Print Room
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, Top corners slightly rubbed, p. 57 dog eared crease, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 280pp, illustrated. 'How to Draw a Map' is a fascinating meditation on the centuries old art of map making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today. Maps have influenced humanity in many unexpected ways, life, death, sexual reproduction, espionage, war and peace. 'How to Draw a Map' traces the story of map making, cartography, from the first scratchings on the cave wall to the detailed high tech navigator. This is the story of human conceptions, often misconceptions, of our world. It is also a very personal story about a map maker's journey through life, the exciting new perspectives and the occasional misadventures. Over the last 5,000 years societies and empires have risen and fallen, most if not all, attempt to record their own visions of our world. In the 15th century, Europeans developed a global reach with their oceanic ships, exploring outward into the world, revealing new possibilities, peoples and opportunities. Map makers recorded this journey, revealing to us a window into past triumphs and disasters. The story continues into our own day when diplomats carve up our globe, presenting what we now see as the modern’ world. In' How to Draw a Map' father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston demonstrate the skill, creativity and care involved in the timeless art of creating maps and what these artefacts reveal about the legion of mapmakers who went before us. Quite a scarce book.…
Seller Inventory # 011811
- Title
- How to Draw a Map. A Mapmaker's Journey Through History
- Author
- Swanston, Malcolm & Alexander
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, London
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0008275793
- ISBN 13
- 9780008275792
- Illustrator
- Jacket by Neil Gower
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
An Illustrated History of How Cartography Shaped the Modern World
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About the Author
Alexander Swanston and Malcolm Swanston have been writing about and mapping history collectively for over 30 years, working on subjects ranging from ancient Rome to Vietnam and beyond. They have researched and written about World War II for many years and have mapped the key battles and events that took place between 1939 and 1945. They have recently produced books on a range of subjects, including The Atlas of the Civil War, The Historical Atlas of the Bible, and The Historical Atlas of Knights and Castles.
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