PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping by Megan Barford at Abbey's Bookshop,
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping
— —
Megan Barford

A is for Atlas

Wonders of Maps and Mapping

Megan Barford

$89.99

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
National Maritime Museum
12 May 2022
Historical maps & atlases; Cartography, map-making & projections
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping is a fascinating exploration of maps, charts, atlases and globes. Through a series of unique themes, this book reveals stories about objects produced centuries apart, showing the very different worlds in which maps were produced and consumed. From sumptuous globes designed for display to sketches drawn on scrap paper, from tales of buried treasure to cutting political satire and from imperial mapping to twenty-first-century projects that challenge contemporary border policies, each object in this lavishly illustrated volume is valuable for what it reveals about the hands that made it and the society that shaped it.
By:  
Imprint:   National Maritime Museum
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 225mm, 
ISBN:   9781906367930
ISBN 10:   1906367930
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr Megan Barford is Curator of Cartography at Royal Museums Greenwich. Their research has focused on nineteenth-century British Admiralty charts, charting and navigation, and twentieth-century map collecting. In 2017 they received an Art Fund New Collecting Award to build a collection of contemporary cartography concerned with forced migration. They love talking with people about maps and different ways of reading them, but despite their extensive navigational knowledge they have only ever navigated a boat while working on the Rochdale Canal!

See Also

A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia...

A3 Fold

David Horton

Sheet map

$9.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

Great City Plans

Visions and Evolutions Through the...

Kevin J. Brown

Hardback

$85 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

Lost Maps of the Caliphs

Yossef Rapoport

Hardback

$74.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

Collins Scotland Clans and Tartans...

Over 170 Arms, Official Insignia,...

Collins Maps

Sheet map

$12.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

The D-Day Atlas

A Graphical Reconstruction of the...

John Man

Paperback

$34.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
A is for Atlas: Wonders of Maps and Mapping

The Sign Of Christ

Darrell K Jackson

Paperback

$14.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +