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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING SWISS WATCHING, A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2010
80 original maps and the fascinating stories behind them.
A map is the perfect pictorial way to explain and entertain. The 80 maps inside this book achieve both of these goals and provide a detailed picture of Switzerland.
Diccon Bewes' search for original maps lead him through official archives and private collections. The results are presented here, along with the fascinating stories behind them: from the circular island map of 1480 to the birth of modern Swiss cartography; from the British rail plan for Switzerland to a Soviet map of Basel during the Cold-War; from the 1970s Zurich map for men to the vision of a Greater Switzerland with 40 cantons.
Map by map, readers understand how Switzerland came to be and possibly where it is going. A truly magical and engrossing journey.
80 original maps and the fascinating stories behind them.
A map is the perfect pictorial way to explain and entertain. The 80 maps inside this book achieve both of these goals and provide a detailed picture of Switzerland.
Diccon Bewes' search for original maps lead him through official archives and private collections. The results are presented here, along with the fascinating stories behind them: from the circular island map of 1480 to the birth of modern Swiss cartography; from the British rail plan for Switzerland to a Soviet map of Basel during the Cold-War; from the 1970s Zurich map for men to the vision of a Greater Switzerland with 40 cantons.
Map by map, readers understand how Switzerland came to be and possibly where it is going. A truly magical and engrossing journey.
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A fascinating encounter between Swiss history and original cartography. Using very little-known maps that he researched in archives around the country, Diccon Bewes presents the most important moments in Switzerland's history, ancient and recent, in a different and innovative way. The description accompanying each map is informative, amusing and easy to read.
About the Author:
Diccon Bewes worked for 10 years at Lonely Planet and Holiday Which? Magazine before moving to Switzerland where, until recently, he managed the Stauffacher English bookshop. He is now a full time writer.
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- PublisherHelvetiq
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 2940481148
- ISBN 13 9782940481149
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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