Theatre of the World. History of Cartography
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Theatre of the World. History of Cartography
19.99 €
The world became a theatre long before the theatre, and especially before Shakespeare's Globe, namely in that wondrous moment when man saw fields, roads and houses from a bird's eye view and depicted them in reduced scale on stone. Thus the first map on Earth appeared, two and a half thousand years ago, engraved on a rock in the Camonica Valley.
A Norwegian researcher's richly illustrated book offers a fascinating history of map making, taking us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the first people to the Google Earth project, to show how the ability to imagine what the world looks like developed in parallel with its exploration. Each chapter seems to open the stage for us, on which amazing scenes are played 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, the adventures of the V-2 rocket, which ended with the appearance of the satellite Transit and GPS. But no matter how the world appears to humanity - Ptolemaic or Copernican, carved on a mammoth tusk or digitized in our mobile phone - it never ceases to fascinate us and beckon with its endless secrets.
Just like centuries ago, today, thanks to maps (now sensory and digital), we not only find the right road or order a pizza, but also discover our planet, our history and, of course, new roles.
A Norwegian researcher's richly illustrated book offers a fascinating history of map making, taking us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the first people to the Google Earth project, to show how the ability to imagine what the world looks like developed in parallel with its exploration. Each chapter seems to open the stage for us, on which amazing scenes are played 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, the adventures of the V-2 rocket, which ended with the appearance of the satellite Transit and GPS. But no matter how the world appears to humanity - Ptolemaic or Copernican, carved on a mammoth tusk or digitized in our mobile phone - it never ceases to fascinate us and beckon with its endless secrets.
Just like centuries ago, today, thanks to maps (now sensory and digital), we not only find the right road or order a pizza, but also discover our planet, our history and, of course, new roles.
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