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The 20 best world map books recommended by Kirkus, Meb Faber, USA Today, Boston Herald, The Today Show, Library Journal and others.
May 17, 2017 · In this e-book, Geopolitical Futures founder and New York Times bestselling author George Friedman will show you the world in ways you’ve never seen before—and teach you to decode the lines of maps to reveal the past, present, and future of people and their countries.
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- Prisoners of Geography. Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World. Tim Marshall | 5.00. In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.
- Maphead. Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks. Ken Jennings | 4.83. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is Ken's followup to his 2005 best-seller Brainiac.
- Transit Maps of the World. Mark Ovenden | 4.71. Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth.
- The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien | 4.68. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar.
Aug 26, 2013 · Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world.
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This delightful compendium from National Geographic and two former Wired staffers celebrates cartography from the days of “here be dragons” to the digital present over the course of 200-plus maps. If you can think of it, chances are it’s been presented here. We’re talking maps designed to guide aliens to Earth, currently flying through space on the...
This excellent book claims to offer a “provocation” rather than a comprehensive guide to the Crescent City, but over the course of 22 maps and accompanying essays it gives an unparalleled insight into a fascinating city. With visuals covering everything from Katrina damage to the city’s bounce music scene, via parade routes, pipelines, the historic...
A doorstop of a tome, Great City Maps lays out in detail how cities around the world have evolved—and cartography along with them. Covering some 70 maps, broken down into genres including ancient cities, medieval trading places, imperial capitals, and colonial cities, it’s a beautiful bird’s-eye view of civilization’s coagulation in urban centers. ...
If you’re looking for freeways or pathways, expressways or BART lines, this book can’t help you. If, on the other hand, you’re looking to get lost in the flora, fauna, and natural habitats that exist across California beyond the I-5, this is a wonderful little guide. Broken down into sections like “Of Wind and Weather” and “Of Parks and Protection,...
New York City’s soul is a complex, amorphous thing, but this ambitious collection of illustrations, infographics, artworks, and illustrations makes numerous valiant attempts to pin it down. Every page shines a different light on the city, whether through hand-drawn New Yorker covers, interactive data visualizations, or photographs of artifacts like...
It’s hard to imagine on present day (Google) Earth, but for centuries paper maps were all we had—and they were often wildly, dangerously, or laughably inaccurate. This beautiful book chronicles all manner of misguided designs, sketching out a planet full of nonexistent islands, giant lobsters and sea rhinoceroses, where California is separated from...
Charles-Joseph Minard may be best known for his representation of Napoleon’s 1812 march into Russia, but he painstakingly chronicled much of the 19th century’s economic and cultural moments in a series of maps that set a template for modern data visualization. This Princeton Architectural Press collection presents 60 of his statistical graphics, co...
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Oct 1, 2019 · Organized by continent and reflecting current boundaries and identities, this top-of-the-line atlas offers hours of browsing fascination for the globally inquisitive. 20 broad-ranging thematic spreads open the book, including maps and data-rich graphics on topics from tectonics and climate to world economy and energy sources.
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Oct 18, 2016 · Below you will find 141 of the best books about maps, cartography, map makers, map design and every creative map you can think of. The top 13 books appearing on multiple lists can be found with images and link below and the remaining 128 (as well as the sources we consulted) can be found at the bottom of the page.
