The Golden Atlas

The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps

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<b>'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry<br> ‘A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous’ John Lloyd, creator of <i>QI</i><br> ‘Perfect for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created’ <i>National Geographic</i><br> 'Introduces us to a whole different way of looking at maps. Great illustrations, most engaging - the author is just a mine of information' Simon Mayo's Books of the Year</b><br><br><b><i>The Golden Atlas</i> is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most beautiful maps ever created. </b><br><br> The book reveals how the world came to be known, featuring a <b>magnificent gallery of exceptionally rare hand-coloured antique maps, paintings and engravings</b>, many of which can only be found in the author's collection. Arranged chronologically, the reader is taken on a breathtaking expedition through Ancient Babylonian geography and <b>Marco Polo</b>'s journey to the Mongol Khan on to buccaneers ransacking the Caribbean and the voyages of seafarers such as <b>Captain Cook</b> and fearless African pathfinders.<br><br> Their stories are told in an engaging and compelling style, bringing vividly to life a motley collection of <b>heroic explorers, treasure-hunters and death-dealing villains</b> - all of them accompanied by eye-grabbing illustrations from rare maps, charts and manuscripts. <br><br><i>The Golden Atlas</i> takes you back to a world of darkness and peril, placing you on storm-lashed ships, frozen wastelands and the shores of hostile territories to see how the lines were drawn to form the shape of the modern world. The author's previous book, <b><i>The Phantom Atlas</i></b>, was a <b>critically acclaimed international bestseller</b>, described by Jonathan Ross as 'a spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' and this new book is sure t

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781471166822

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

254 x 202 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon & Schuster UK Ltd