The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
by Brooke-Hitching, Edward | New BookDescription
This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.
Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies.
Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet.
Cartography's greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms.
If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas
| Author(s): | Brooke-Hitching, Edward |
|---|---|
| Book Type: | New Book |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: | 1452168407 |
| EAN: | 9781452168401 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Publication Date: | 2018-04-03 |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books |
| Weight: | 2.1 Pounds |
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