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RE MAPS-L: The Map Book, edited by Peter Barber
DA Thursday, December 22, 2005
TO Maps-L
FR Angie
Picture-perfect vacations in mind's eye
from http://www.newsday.com/travel/ny-armtravel184551904dec18,0,6102773.story?coll=ny-travel-headlines
SPENCER RUMSEY
December 18, 2005
This is the season for gazing longingly at faraway places, at least in the comfort of your home with a great book that you can feast on with your eyes. With that in mind, here is a worthy sample of coffee-table books to choose from:
The Map Book, edited by Peter Barber (Walker & Company, 104 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011; 212-727-8300; www. walkerbooks.com; $45). Just in time for Christmas comes this fantastic collection of 175 maps that show how we have transformed the understanding of our place on this planet, from a prehistoric rock carving to a satellite-generated digital rendering of Mount St. Helens. Peter Barber, head of map collection at the British Library, says he was guided by two historians of cartography, Brian Hurley and David Woodward, who defined maps as "graphic representations that facilitate a spatial understanding of things, concepts, conditions, processes, or events in the human world." With that in mind, he has included a Joseph Goebbels' propaganda map of the United States in 1940, showing populations of supposed Nazi sympathizers, and a 1646 illustration by Samuel Bochart revealing the influences of Phoenician navigation from "Thule to Taprobana," based on his study of the Bible. In a startling revelation, Barber writes that maps "can be regarded as the most successful pieces of fiction ever to be created." Why is that? Because, to put it simply, the world isn't flat. Accompanied by illuminating essays from 68 map historians, there is much to savor in this fascinating volume.
read more ... http://www.newsday.com/travel/ny-armtravel184551904dec18,0,6102773.story?coll=ny-travel-headlines
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ANGIE COPE
American Geographical Society Library
UW Milwaukee
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