Alla tiders kartor: perspektiv på världen

The Story of...

by Anne Rooney

Kartor har genom tiderna beskrivit den fascinerande historien om hur människan uppfattar världen och sin plats i den. Under historiens gång har kartografer dokumenterat sin omgivning-ristat i betar, sten och trä, målat på papyrus, siden,djurhudar och träfibrer, till och med byggt tredimensionella underverk av stickor och snäckor. I det här spännande urvalet av kartor genom historien presenterar författaren Anne Rooney verk som i sig själva haft en enastående betydelse, och andra vars viktigaste innehåll helt enkelt var deras hänförande skönhet eller fängslande orginalitet, vilket kan fånga intresset hos den mest motvillige kartläsare.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.

Reviews

[Bidasari]

A very interesting books about all type of maps since the yesteryear by cartographers around the world.

Divided to 5 main chapters This Land Is Our Land, Over Land and Sea, Exploration and Expansion, World Divisions and Theme and Use, the book really full of informative and unique maps including cartographic octopus map, Silk Scarf 'Escape Map, Ostrich-Egg Globe, wheel map, Imago Mundi, etc.

The book that make me want to know more about Ottoman Empire, The Crusader, Aztez, Book of Dead, Book of Two Ways, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Great Fire of London, French Revolution, Alqonquins tribe, Yangtze and Yellow, etc.

Will definitely reread the book.

[Mohd Afiq · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a nice book that shows many exquisite maps but I wish there are more explanations and information about the history, usages, and other things related to maps and cartography rather than just giving captions for each map.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of ancient and contemporary maps.