Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010) and many more.
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INTRODUCTION 1. IN THE BEGINNING The First Maps 2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHES Gathering the Information 3. WHYS AND WHEREFORES The Purpose of Maps 4. OLD TIMERS The First Map-makers 5. IN THE ROUND Globes and Spheres 6. SURFACE MATTERS Materials for Drawing Maps 7. A MAP OF MANY PARTS The Components of a Map 8. GOING NOWHERE Places Which Weren’t There 9. THE DRAWING ROOM Key Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age 10. MIGHTY MAPS Mapping Superlatives 11. A MAP IN HAND The Purposes to Which Maps Have Been Put CONCLUSION FURTHER RESOURCES INDEX CREDITS ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION 1. IN THE BEGINNING The First Maps 2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHES Gathering the Information 3. WHYS AND WHEREFORES The Purpose of Maps 4. OLD TIMERS The First Map-makers 5. IN THE ROUND Globes and Spheres 6. SURFACE MATTERS Materials for Drawing Maps 7. A MAP OF MANY PARTS The Components of a Map 8. GOING NOWHERE Places Which Weren’t There 9. THE DRAWING ROOM Key Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age 10. MIGHTY MAPS Mapping Superlatives 11. A MAP IN HAND The Purposes to Which Maps Have Been Put CONCLUSION FURTHER RESOURCES INDEX CREDITS ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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