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On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.69 — 4,432 ratings — published 2012
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,151 ratings — published 2011
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.82 — 14,038 ratings — published 2001
How to Lie with Maps (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.58 — 1,164 ratings — published 1991
You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,408 ratings — published 2003
The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps (ebook)
by (shelved 24 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,369 ratings — published 2016
A History of the World in 12 Maps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,771 ratings — published 2012
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.99 — 75,662 ratings — published 1995
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,833 ratings — published 2000
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,194 ratings — published 2015
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,815 ratings — published 2009
The Mapmakers (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.87 — 417 ratings — published 1981
The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.02 — 416 ratings — published 2009
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.01 — 930 ratings — published 2004
The Cartographers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.63 — 79,486 ratings — published 2022
Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.76 — 399 ratings — published 2009
The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)
by (shelved 15 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.25 — 31,602 ratings — published 2010
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,725 ratings — published 2009
Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.04 — 134 ratings — published 2007
The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.22 — 959 ratings — published 2018
Cartographies of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.97 — 327 ratings — published 2010
The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,364 ratings — published 2009
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.89 — 55,659 ratings — published 2006
Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)
by (shelved 11 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.25 — 497 ratings — published 2014
Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.25 — 859 ratings — published 2003
Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.54 — 4,097 ratings — published 2014
The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,705 ratings — published 2014
An Atlas of Radical Cartography (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.97 — 86 ratings — published 2008
Mapping the World: An Illustrated History of Cartography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.78 — 64 ratings — published 2005
All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.39 — 148 ratings — published
The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.15 — 67 ratings — published 2001
The Power of Maps (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.47 — 115 ratings — published 1992
The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.75 — 303 ratings — published
An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.81 — 825 ratings — published 2015
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.41 — 646 ratings — published 2013
Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.61 — 303 ratings — published 2002
Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,257 ratings — published 2010
Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.38 — 58 ratings — published 1972
The Map Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.08 — 147 ratings — published 2005
Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.54 — 37 ratings — published 1997
Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.18 — 531 ratings — published 2021
Theater of the World: The Maps that Made History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.65 — 373 ratings — published 2017
Great City Maps: A Historical Journey Through Maps, Plans, and Paintings (DK History Changers)
by (shelved 7 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.21 — 199 ratings — published 2016
The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,688 ratings — published 1981
Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.16 — 323 ratings — published 2015
Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.06 — 137 ratings — published 2005
Elements of Cartography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.68 — 50 ratings — published 1969
Semiology of graphics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 4.32 — 158 ratings — published 1967
From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.27 — 64 ratings — published 2006
Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization (Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science)
by (shelved 6 times as cartography)
avg rating 3.95 — 39 ratings — published 1998
“I was so busy making maps I let them argue. I figured I’d show them a picture of where the rift valley was and where it pulled apart. There’s truth in the old cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words and that seeing is believing.”
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“I like to ensure that I have music and art all around me. My personal favorite is old maps. What I love about old maps is that they are both beautiful and imperfect. These imperfections represent that some of the most talented in history were still very wrong (early cartography was very difficult). As the majority of my work is analysis and advisory, I find it a valuable reminder that my knowledge is limited. No matter how much data or insight I have, I can never fully “map out” any business. Yet, despite the incompleteness of these early cartographers, so much was learned of the world. So much done and accomplished. Therefore, these maps, or art pieces, serve as something to inspire both humility and achievement. This simple environmental factor helps my productivity and the overall quality of my work. Again, it’s like adding positive dice to my hand that are rolled each day.”
― Don’t Chase The Dream Job, Build It: The unconventional guide to inventing your career and getting any job you want
― Don’t Chase The Dream Job, Build It: The unconventional guide to inventing your career and getting any job you want
