The Story of Maps

The Story of...

by Anne Rooney

126幅古今中外珍貴地圖，絕美收藏！前所未有的視覺饗宴、知性震撼，帶領你展開一段穿越時間、橫跨空間的心靈壯遊。收錄：都靈莎草紙、色拉壁畫、大明一統志、達文西手繪地圖、馬王堆絲綢地圖、耶路撒冷朝聖地圖、苜蓿草地圖、地球蘋果、禹跡圖、倫敦地鐵路線圖、以及「既嚴肅又滑稽的戰爭地圖」等珍貴地圖。1. 從最古老到最現代：從兩萬五千年前的巴夫洛夫猛獁象牙地圖，到最新的NASA衛星影像地圖。2. 囊括各種不同功能：從刻在埃及棺木裡的通往冥府之路地圖，到二次大戰時飛行員隨身攜帶的逃生地圖手帕。3. 展現不同民族的製圖風格：非洲盧巴人用珠貝鑲在木板上的「盧卡莎」、中國宋朝時以五千個網格所繪製的〈禹跡圖〉、中美洲阿茲提克人結合時間和空間的《曼多撒手抄本》、格陵蘭的因紐特人用木塊雕刻的海岸線地形圖……。4. 記錄新大陸的發現：從最早發現巴西海岸的「坎蒂諾世界平面圖」，到偽稱比哥倫布更早發現美洲的「文蘭地圖」；從出現在約翰‧布勞地圖中的澳洲西岸，到1906年才第一次被完整畫出的南極洲……。地圖勾勒出人們生活的周遭環境，也&#

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.

Reviews

[Bidasari]

A very interesting books about all type of maps since the yesteryear by cartographers around the world.

Divided to 5 main chapters This Land Is Our Land, Over Land and Sea, Exploration and Expansion, World Divisions and Theme and Use, the book really full of informative and unique maps including cartographic octopus map, Silk Scarf 'Escape Map, Ostrich-Egg Globe, wheel map, Imago Mundi, etc.

The book that make me want to know more about Ottoman Empire, The Crusader, Aztez, Book of Dead, Book of Two Ways, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Great Fire of London, French Revolution, Alqonquins tribe, Yangtze and Yellow, etc.

Will definitely reread the book.

[Mohd Afiq · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a nice book that shows many exquisite maps but I wish there are more explanations and information about the history, usages, and other things related to maps and cartography rather than just giving captions for each map.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of ancient and contemporary maps.