Name: The Phantom Atlas
Author: Brooke-Hitching, Edward

Beschreibung

The Phantom Atlas

The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong. "The Phantom Atlas" is a beautifully produced volume, packed with stunning maps and drawings of places and people that never existed. The remarkable stories behind them all are brilliantly told by Edward Brooke-Hitching in a book that will appeal to cartophiles everywhere. von Brooke-Hitching, Edward

Produktdetails

Einband:

Gebunden

Seitenzahl:

256

Erschienen:

2016-11-03

Sprache:

Englisch

EAN:

9781471159459

ISBN:

1471159450

Verlag:

Simon + Schuster UK

Gewicht:

974 g

Auflage:

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Über den Autor

Brooke-Hitching, Edward

Edward Brooke-Hitching is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling books The Phantom Atlas (2016), The Golden Atlas (2018), The Sky Atlas (2019), The Madman's Library (2020) and The Devil's Atlas (2021), all of which have been translated into numerous languages; he is also the author of Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports (2015). He is a writer for the BBC series QI. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an incurable cartophile, he lives surrounded by dusty heaps of old maps and books in Berkshire.