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A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton (University of London)
Category: History
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, "fathe ...Show more
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Ma ...Show more
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
Jerry Brotton is the presenter of the acclaimed BBC4 series "Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession". Here he tells the story of our world through maps. Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world ...Show more
Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell by Jerry Brotton; Nick Millea
Category: Home and Garden
The Bodleian Library's map collection is a treasure trove of cartographic delights spanning more than a thousand years. This book features highlights from the collection together with rare artifacts and some stunning examples from twenty-first-century map-makers. Lavishly illustrated throughout, the boo ...Show more
Great Maps by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
The world's finest maps explored and explained. From Ptolemy's world map to the Hereford's Mappa Mundi, through Mercator's map of the world to the latest maps of the Moon and Google Earth, Great Maps provides a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages. Revealing the stories behind 55 histori ...Show more
Talking Maps by Jerry Brotton, Nick Millea
Category: Home and Garden
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, t ...Show more
The Four Points of the Compass: North and South, East and West by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps.North, south, east and west- almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these ...Show more
The Renaissance A Very Short Introduction by Jerry Brotton
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Provides a wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, seeing the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. This book guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from art, architecture, and literature, ...Show more
The Renaissance Bazaar by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from its art, architecture, and literature, to its adva ...Show more
The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
Category: Art and Design
Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection. F ...Show more
The Sale of the Late King's Goods : Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
Category: History
A dazzling and authoritative account of the great art collection that ultimately cost Charles I his throne