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The Golden Atlas
- The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Golden Atlas af Edward Brooke-Hitching, 9781471166822
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781471166822
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1471166821
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
18 okt 2018
Størrelse i cm:
20,0 x 25,2 x 2,8
Oplagsdato:
18 okt 2018
Forfatter(e):

The Golden Atlas

- The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps
Engelsk
Hardback 2018
Format:

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'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry ‘A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous’ John Lloyd, creator of QI ‘Perfect for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created’ National Geographic 'Introduces us to a whole different way of looking at maps. Great illustrations, most engaging - the author is just a mine of information' Simon Mayo's Books of the YearThe Golden Atlas is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most beautiful maps ever created. The book reveals how the world came to be known, featuring a magnificent gallery of exceptionally rare hand-coloured antique maps, paintings and engravings, many of which can only be found in the author's collection. Arranged chronologically, the reader is taken on a breathtaking expedition through Ancient Babylonian geography and Marco Polo's journey to the Mongol Khan on to buccaneers ransacking the Caribbean and the voyages of seafarers such as Captain Cook and fearless African pathfinders. Their stories are told in an engaging and compelling style, bringing vividly to life a motley collection of heroic explorers, treasure-hunters and death-dealing villains - all of them accompanied by eye-grabbing illustrations from rare maps, charts and manuscripts. The Golden Atlas takes you back to a world of darkness and peril, placing you on storm-lashed ships, frozen wastelands and the shores of hostile territories to see how the lines were drawn to form the shape of the modern world. The author's previous book, The Phantom Atlas, was a critically acclaimed international bestseller, described by Jonathan Ross as 'a spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' and this new book is sure to follow suit. 
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781471166822
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1471166821
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
18 okt 2018
Størrelse i cm:
20,0 x 25,2 x 2,8
Oplagsdato:
18 okt 2018
Forfatter(e):
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