Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)

So good I bought it twice (by mistake!). I found the way it was structured particularly helpful as a guide to the development of cartography, whilst being a beautiful book in its own right. I suggest looking at Curious Maps as well, more expensive but has pull out maps that will fascinate young and old alike. A great combination for any birthday or Christmas. A little different, but an exciting entry into a new area of study that takes you around the world from the comfort of your own sofa, and opens you up to collecting maps which are readily available through amazon and the net and make anything from marvellous artwork, easily mounted, to wallpaper for a hallway or study of surprising elegance that has the wow factor. A set of olde maps of London made a terrific frieze in one of our rooms whilst some of the fantasy maps from the 19th century made a stunning feature as a single wall in a bedroom. This and Vargics Miscellany will encourage your imagination and the next thing will be star charts, telescopes and globes and you will be sitting in the captains cabin of a pirate ship in the Caribbean or the star ship of a space fleet of the 30th century. Next is drawing your own maps and this can be done professional using CCG's software at very little cost for stunning poster art. Two books and a Universe of inspiration from world exploration to modern and medieval interior design

Good and well illustrated book on maps, excellent Christmas gift.

I have loved maps for years and always look out for books that share my passion and deepen it. This is one. Brotton is an expert on how cartography shapes history. You can browse the beautiful colour reproductions and read the detailed analyses. Excellent value.

Really nice book for anyone with a passing curiosity in the history of mapping. Good pictures too.

beautiful book

I bought this as a present for my elderly father who seems to love it. He now struggles to read books much but enjoys opening this (large and heavy) book on the kitchen table and taking in areas of the many ancient maps. A magnifying glass is useful for taking in all the detail. A lovely and fascinating book.

Lovely book. Well put together. Very informative.

Good feel and weight to the book, print is clear and pictures of maps look great....great value

The book is so beautiful, both the cover and the inside. It's packed with interesting information about maps and several pictures. If you're nto maps and history, I highly recommend it.

Eigentlich als Geschenk gekauft aber irgendwie find ich es selbst sehr interessant und behalte es

Un gran libro de la importancia de los mapas a lo largo de la historia. Una obra que aportan los detalles esenciales para entender la importancia de la cartografía en el desarrollo del mundo

Volume molto bello sia dal punto di vista della qualità della rilegatura e della carta che delle immagini riprodotte . Il testo riesce ad essere sintetico senza essere mai banale , permette di scoprire molti spunti interessanti e stimola a ulteriori approfondimenti.

Really nice coffee table book. Beautifully illustrated and a true pleasure to peruse!!