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The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the Most Important Atlases in History and the Cartographers Who Made Them

by Philip Parker
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780711268050
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Ivy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Ivy Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 272
  • Original Price: GBP 28.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1202 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Historical Geography, Maps & Road Atlases, and Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps

This beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them.

Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, and nurture trade.

Written by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this book brings these fascinating artefacts to life, offering a unique, lavishly illustrated guide to the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them.

All key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including:

  • The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, considered the world's first atlas and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius,
  • The 17th-century Klencke -- one of the world's largest books that requires 6 people to carry it,
  • The Rand McNally Atlas of 1881, still in print today and a book that turned its makers, William H Rand and Andrew McNally into cartographic royalty.
This beautiful book will engross readers with its detailed, visually stunning illustrations and fascinating story of how map-making has developed throughout human history.

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010) and many more.

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