Theatre of the World. History of Cartography
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Theatre of the World. History of Cartography
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The world became a theater long before the theater, and even more so before Shakespeare's Globe, namely in that marvelous moment when man saw fields, roads and houses from a bird's eye view and depicted them on a reduced scale on stone. Thus came the first map on Earth, two and a half thousand years ago, engraved on a rock in the Camonica Valley. The Norwegian explorer's lavishly illustrated book offers a fascinating history of map-making, taking us all the way from the enigmatic symbols of the first humans to the Google Earth project to show how the ability to visualize what the world looks like evolved in parallel with its exploration. Each chapter is like a stage on which amazing scenes play out: the dramatic search for the Northwest Passage, the mysterious Panotian Islands "where people cover their naked bodies with their own ears," the unexpected discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and continental drift, and the adventures of the Faue 2 rocket, culminating in the advent of satellite Transit and GPS. But no matter how the world appears to mankind - Ptolemaic or Copernican, carved on a mammoth tusk or digitized in our cell phones - it never ceases to fascinate and beckon us with its endless mysteries. Just as centuries ago, today, thanks to maps (now touchscreen and digital), we are not only finding our way or ordering a pizza, but also discovering our planet, our history and, of course, new roles.
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