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A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton Viking Adult | November 2013 | ISBN: 0670023396 | 619 pages | ePUB | 18.9 mb A fascinating look at twelve maps—from Ancient Greece to Google Earth—and how they changed our world In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history’s most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, “father of modern geography,” and ending with satellite cartography, A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe, and the Islamic and Buddhist worlds to life and reveals their influence on how we—literally—look at our present world. As Brotton shows, the long road to our present geographical reality was rife with controversy, manipulation, and special interests trumping science. Through the centuries maps have been wielded to promote any number of imperial, religious, and economic agendas, and have represented the idiosyncratic and uneasy fusion of science and subjectivity. Brotton also conjures the worlds that produced these notable works of cartography and tells the stories of those who created, used, and misused them for their own ends. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Science: Ptolemy’s Geography, c. AD 150 2 Exchange: , AD 1154 3 Faith: Hereford Mappamundi, c. 1300 4 Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402 5 Discovery: Martin Waldseemüller, World Map, 1507 6 Globalism: Diogo Ribeiro, World Map, 1529 7 Toleration: Gerard Mercator, World Map, 1569 8 Money: Joan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662 9 Nation: The Cassini Family, Map of France, 1793 10 Geopolitics: Halford Mackinder, ‘The Geographical Pivot of History’, 1904 11 Equality: The Peters Projection, 1973 12 Information: Google Earth, 2012 Conclusion: The Eye of History?  Illustrations Notes Acknowledgements Index

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