On the map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the way the World Looks [Audiobook] download free by Mr Simon Garfield
- Listen audiobook: On the map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the way the World Looks
- Author: Mr Simon Garfield
- Release date: 2013/7/7
- Publisher: AVERY PUBLISHING GROUP
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9781592407804
- Rating: 8.66 of 10
- Votes: 183
- Review by: Oliva Mccreary
- Review rating: 8.85 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/6
- Duration: 5H53M24S in 256 kbps (92.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-14
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, WMA, MP3, ATRAC, FLAC, MPEG4, WAV (compression TAR.Z, ZIP, RAR, TZ, ACE)
- Total pages original book: 464
- Includes a PDF summary of 43 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 32M17S (8.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.Simon Garfield's Just My Type illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes on a subject even dearer to our fanatical human hearts: maps.Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mapping-not language-is what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Follow the history of maps from the early explorers' maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our history-and reflect the best and worst of what makes us human.Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing 'pocket maps' on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, On the Map is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfield's signature narrative flair. Map-obsessives and everyone who loved Just My Type will be lining up to join Garfield on his audacious journey through time and around the globe.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Historical Geography, World Atlases / World Maps, Travel Maps & Atlases
- Download servers: Torrent, BitShare, Google Drive, MyUpload, FileInvite, FileServe, Torrent Funk, Dropbox, 4Shared, Uploaded. Compressed in TAR.Z, ZIP, RAR, TZ, ACE
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 23.13 USD
- Dimensions: 137x203x33mm
- Weight: 522g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Not Available
Vote:
‹
›
