This volume is a historic and lavish atlas, charting the progress of civilization as our knowledge of the world expanded. From the earliest of times, maps have fired our imaginations and helped us make sense of our world. The head of Map Collections at the British Library, Peter Barber, has compiled 175 maps into one volume that spans four millennia, from the famed prehistoric Bedolina (Italy) incision in rock from around 1500 B.C. to the most modern, digitally enhanced rendering. Many of the maps are beautiful works of art in their own right, and each is historically important. The accompanying texts, written by leading map historians, are as vivid and insightful as the maps themselves, making The Map Book as much a volume to be read as to be visually admired.

360 pages, 175 full-color illustrations, 9 7/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. Hardcover; clothbound, with jacket.

Publisher's price $45

The Map Book
03-018132
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