{"product_id":"theatre-of-the-world","title":"Theatre of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esumptuously produced with lots of full-colour images, is a kind of potted treasury of cartographical history that \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egleams with pieces-of-eight-like snippets of information...this is an \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eenthralling book, and joins the likes of Simon Garfield's \u003ci\u003eOn the Map\u003c\/i\u003e and Jerry Brotton's \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Twelve Maps\u003c\/i\u003e in the field of popular reaffirmations of the ingenuity of geography.' \u003c\/b\u003eTravis Elborough, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating book that I will always treasure.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This wonderful book is a reminder of how much careful thought was given to the shape of the world even in ancient times - the landscape, how places are related to one another. I pored over these maps for hours, imagining those minds hard at work, visualising how it all connected as a whole. Just brilliant.' Neil Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visually stunning...it's gone straight to the top of my Christmas present list.' \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I remember how well I liked to turn the pages of my childhood atlas and travel the world to find out where countries and cities were. But there was never anything about why the maps were created - or who drew them. \u003ci\u003eTheatre of the World\u003c\/i\u003e was my big chance to tell the stories of all those men and women map makers whose amazing work deserves to be celebrated.' Thomas Reinertsen Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated and rich in detail, \u003ci\u003eTheatre of the World \u003c\/i\u003ereignites our curiosity with the world both ancient and modern. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore you could just put finger to phone to scroll Google Maps, in advance of the era of digital mapping and globes, maps were being constructed from the ideas and questions of pioneering individuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom visionary geographers to heroic explorers, from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to the familiar navigation of Google Earth, Thomas Reinertsen Berg examines the fascinating concepts of science and worldview, of art and technology, power and ambitions, practical needs and distant dreams of the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787899695283,"sku":"9781473688629","price":1839.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477414759781473688629.jpg?v=1762823424","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/theatre-of-the-world","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}