Map: Exploring The World
At the Library of Congress, John W. Hessler is a Specialist in Computational Geography and Geographic Information Science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the author of over 100 books and articles.
Daniel Crouch is the owner of Daniel Crouch Rare Books and a rare book dealer. He has given numerous maps and atlases lectures, including talks at the Library of Congress, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Houston Fine Arts Museum.
It should come as no surprise that maps are the most ancient type of infographic. Spatial navigation is a crucial evolutionary skill that both animals and humans have developed. Recording this knowledge in maps necessitates a thorough scientific understanding as well as considerable artistic ability. This stunning coffee table book is an unforgettable and timeless journey through the field of cartography. It traces the evolution of maps from prehistoric times to modern brain scans from the Human Connectome Project.
Map: Exploring the World collects over 300 fascinating maps ranging from the dawn of cartography to cutting-edge digital maps of the twenty-first century. The book's unique layout, with maps arranged in complementary or contrasting pairs, reveals how our attempts to create flat representations of the world have been full of beauty, ingenuity, and innovation.
The maps were chosen by an international panel of curators, academics, and collectors to reflect the many reasons people make maps, including finding their way, asserting ownership, recording human activity, establishing control, encouraging settlement, planning military campaigns, and demonstrating political power. The selection includes maps from indigenous cultures around the world, rarely seen maps from lesser known cartographers, and maps of outstanding beauty and surprising individuality from the current generation of map makers, as well as maps from the greatest names in cartography, such as James Cook, Gerard Mercator, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Phyllis Pearsall.
Author: Phaidon Editors, John W. Hessler and Daniel Crouch
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0714869449
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