On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (528 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159240779X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The length and breadth of his scholarship are staggering, while the witty tone makes for the most convivial of literary guides. Following a foreword by popular-science writer Dava Sobel, he invites readers along on a trip through time and around the world that is enlightening and impossible to put down. From Booklist *Starred Review* Garfield follows up the best-seller Just My Type (2011) with an engrossing, endlessly fascinating history of maps. Popular history is an overused term these days, but Garfield rewrites the definition by issuing an irresistible invitation to see
Map-obsessives and everyone who loved Just My Type will be lining up to join Garfield on his audacious journey through time and around the globe.. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mapping—not language—is what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Now Garfield takes on a subject even dearer to our fanatical human hearts: maps.Imagine a world without maps. Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.Simon Garfield’s Just My Type illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Follow the history of maps from the early explorers’ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our history—and reflect the best and worst of what makes us human.Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing “pocket maps” on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, On the Map is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfield’s signature narrative flair
"Fun But All Over The Map" according to Samuel J. Sharp. On the Map is a very readable, entertaining look at the history of cartography and the use of maps with today's technological advancements. The book's target audience is very wide which means the writing style is casual and a vast array of subjects are discussed, including the maps of Ptolemy and Grand Theft Auto. Garfield almost always reproduces the pa. A great read for map-addicts Jill Meyer I'm a map addict, history and geography jock, and a fan of Simon Garfield's writing. Put those all together and you've got a five star review of Garfield's latest book, "On the Map". British author Garfield has a wide-ranging oeuvre of titles. He's written about everything from WW2 wartime Britain to the music industry to the joys of stamp collecting (wh. "Poor graphic design" according to Claudia Chapman. A book about maps with graphics so small that you cannot see any detail at all. What's the point? The maps were sized down to fit the page and were literally so small that you could not view names or details even with a magnifying glass and 2.75 reading glasses.What was the book designer thinking? Better question: was there a designer at all?
. Simon Garfield is the author of fourteen acclaimed books of nonfiction including Just My Type. He lives in London and St. Ives, Cornwall