{"product_id":"the-atlas-of-atlases-exploring-the-most-important-atlases-in-history-and-the-cartographers-who-made-them-9780711268050","title":"The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the Most Important Atlases in History and the Cartographers Who Made Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Philip Parker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ivy Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ivy Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Atlases are\u003cb\u003e books that changed the course of history.\u003c\/b\u003e Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to\u003cb\u003e build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003enurture trade.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrings these fascinating artefacts to life\u003c\/b\u003e, offering a unique, \u003cb\u003elavishly illustrated guide t\u003c\/b\u003eo the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The \u003ci\u003eTheatrum Orbis Terrarum\u003c\/i\u003e, considered\u003cb\u003e the world's first atlas\u003c\/b\u003e and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The 17th-century \u003ci\u003eKlencke\u003c\/i\u003e -- one of the \u003cb\u003eworld's largest books\u003c\/b\u003e that requires 6 people to carry it, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Rand McNally Atlas of 1881, still in print today and a book that turned its makers, William H Rand and Andrew McNally into \u003cb\u003ecartographic royalty.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e This \u003cb\u003ebeautiful book\u003c\/b\u003e will \u003cb\u003eengross readers with its detailed, visually stunning illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efascinating story \u003c\/b\u003eof how map-making has developed throughout human history.","brand":"Ivy Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45037302055063,"sku":"9780711268050","price":2540.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780711268050.webp?v=1769214670","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-atlas-of-atlases-exploring-the-most-important-atlases-in-history-and-the-cartographers-who-made-them-9780711268050","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}