Description: Talking Maps, Hardcover by Brotton, Jerry; Millea, Nick; Hennig, Benjamin (CON), ISBN 1851245154, ISBN-13 9781851245154, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travelers, explorers, and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people&;s lives and surroundings, while others tell imaginary tales, transporting us to fictional worlds created by writers and artists. In turn, maps generate more stories, taking users on new journeys in search of knowledge and adventure. Drawing on the Bodleian Library&;s outstanding map collection and covering almost a thousand years, Talking Maps takes a new approach to map-making by showing how maps and stories have always been intimately entwined. Including such rare treasures as a unique map of the Mediterranean from the eleventh-century Arabic Book of Curiosities, a twelfth-century map of the world by al-Sharif al-Idrisi, and C. S. Lewis&;s map of Narnia, this fascinating book analyzes maps as objects that enable us to cross sea and land; as windows into alternative and imaginary worlds; as guides to reaching the afterlife; as tools to manage cities, nations, and empires; as images of environmental change; and as digitized visions of the global future. By telling the stories behind the artifacts and those generated by them, Talking Maps reveals how each map is not just a tool for navigation but also a worldly proposal that helps us to understand who we are by describing where we are.
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Book Title: Talking Maps
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Talking Maps
Language: English
Publisher: Bodleian Library
Subject: Cartography, General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 53.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10.9 in
Author: Jerry Brotton, Nick Millea
Subject Area: Art, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Width: 10.9 in
Format: Hardcover
