The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book

by Philip Parker (Editor)

The British Library has one of the largest and most impressive cartographic collections in the world, including manuscript maps and atlases, administrative records and plans, large-scale surveys, and digital maps. From this rich resource, 100 fascinating examples ranging from world and city maps, celestial and sea charts, literary and statistical maps, curiosities and fake maps have been selected as the basis for this puzzle book. Each map is faithfully reproduced with a description of its creation and use, followed by details showing areas of particular interest. Readers are asked to scrutinize the maps to answer a series of historical and geographical questions, all the while enjoying new perspectives on the world we live in provided by our eclectic and extensive archive.

240 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2020

Reviews

[WinterGirl83 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I adore maps and puzzles so to find two of my favourite things in one book had me excited to start. The book is A5 in size and beautifully illustrated throughout.

However, some of the questions are just too hard for a simple puzzler like me. And the print is tiny on the maps, I wear glasses and struggled. Even tried with a magnifying glass with no luck.

This book should've been a lot bigger to compensate for the teeny tiny text on the maps. In the end I just looked at the maps and read the answers to learn some interesting facts.