Explore the World's Most Iconic Maps and Discover Their Significance

Mr.: So fantastic book, very complete and very informative. Also awesome images.

Canada on Apr 17, 2023

Jennifer: I bought this as a gift for a friend that is into all kind of maps he absolutely loves this book it is very interesting just from glancing through it I learned a few things lol great illustrations very informative it’s a little heavy lol but wonderful I would highly recommend and yes on the map some are too small but that’s what great about this book because once you read the information on the side of it you know what you are looking at it’s great enjoy and happy reading highly recommend five stars

United States on Mar 06, 2023

Caroline: Nice book for a gift!

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2023

Kimberly R.: Beautiful table book, very informative and has wonderful depictions and so discriptive! Thanks!

United States on Dec 23, 2022

wendyredrobin: Interesting but not what I was looking for, could have had larger graphics

United Kingdom on Oct 18, 2022

Spaniel: I bought this as a present for my elderly father who seems to love it. He now struggles to read books much but enjoys opening this (large and heavy) book on the kitchen table and taking in areas of the many ancient maps. A magnifying glass is useful for taking in all the detail. A lovely and fascinating book.

United Kingdom on Sep 29, 2022

Heather Losinger: Granddaughter loves it

United States on May 28, 2022

Jackie: Fascinating read (so far), carefully and wonderfully laid out and a lot of the maps included are quite stunning. definitely recommend this to anyone interested in cartography or just history in general. Very illuminating

United States on Sep 22, 2021

CJ: Beautiful, beautiful book! I bought this for a loved on who loves lingering over maps - road maps, Nat Geo maps, etc. THIS is THE perfect gift for him. Matched it up with magnetic book marks w/vintage map images on them! They, too are gorgeous….found them on Amazon!

United States on Jul 17, 2021

Tony Ranzetta: So good I bought it twice (by mistake!). I found the way it was structured particularly helpful as a guide to the development of cartography, whilst being a beautiful book in its own right. I suggest looking at Curious Maps as well, more expensive but has pull out maps that will fascinate young and old alike. A great combination for any birthday or Christmas. A little different, but an exciting entry into a new area of study that takes you around the world from the comfort of your own sofa, and opens you up to collecting maps which are readily available through amazon and the net and make anything from marvellous artwork, easily mounted, to wallpaper for a hallway or study of surprising elegance that has the wow factor. A set of olde maps of London made a terrific frieze in one of our rooms whilst some of the fantasy maps from the 19th century made a stunning feature as a single wall in a bedroom. This and Vargics Miscellany will encourage your imagination and the next thing will be star charts, telescopes and globes and you will be sitting in the captains cabin of a pirate ship in the Caribbean or the star ship of a space fleet of the 30th century. Next is drawing your own maps...

United Kingdom on Feb 29, 2016