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Ladataan... A History of the World in Twelve Maps (vuoden 2013 painos)Tekijä: Jerry Brotton
TeostiedotA History of the World in 12 Maps (tekijä: Jerry Brotton)
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. The cartographer straddles a range of disciplines: science, philosophy, politics and art. Jerry Brotton follows a story through each of these threads from ancient Babylon through to the Google Earth of today, tracing through twelve milestone maps. The story is a fascinating one although one can easily get lost in the detail. Unfortunately, for a book about maps the illustrations in this edition were a bit small to be easily studied. (  ) dunnmj | Mar 10, 2022 |  It’s intelligent and scholarly, but too dry for my. I haven’t finished it, don’t know if I will (  ) AmphipodGirl | May 23, 2021 | Meh. ( ) maryroberta | Mar 16, 2021 | DNF'd. It is dry, boring, and reads like a textbook. This is coming from someone who has read and enjoyed reading actual textbooks. Not a bad book, just not for me. (  ) LynnK. | Aug 4, 2020 | In lots of ways this is a fascinating book, picking up on the trend to look at a historical subject in the context of a single item or area. It was first started by the book A History of the World in 100 Objects. There are lots of images of ancient maps, the detail and depth that the book goes into are impressive, and the credentials of the author are impeccable. And yet it doesn’t work for me. There is a mass of detail in here, from some of the very first maps by Ptolemy and other significant ones like the Mappi Mundi in Hereford cathedral, to the Mercer projection and the origins of the OS, and onto Google earth. It covers all the really important maps and individuals involved in the creation of those maps, and has some superb images of the maps in colour. What makes this book so difficult to read is the text; it feels like it is written like a academic paper most of the time. It does improve towards the end, but it did make it very hard reading for most of the book, and that is a shame. ( ) PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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"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"--
"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"-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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