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On the Map : a Mind-expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield; Dava Sobel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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**Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of __Just My Type__ reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.** Simon Garfield’s __Just My Type__ illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes on a subject even dearer to our fanatical human hearts: maps. Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mappingnot languageis what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Follow the history of maps from the early explorers’ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our historyand reflect the best and worst of what makes us human. Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing pocket maps” on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, __On the Map__ is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfield’s signature narrative flai
Who reads On the Map : a Mind-expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Simon Garfield; Dava Sobel
- Publisher
- Gotham Books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781592407804
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (2,315 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
