Map Addict : The Bestselling Tale of an Obsession Paperback / softback
by Mike Parker
Paperback / softback
Description
'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said…' Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4’s On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic, critically-acclaimed read. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: they are a cipher for every area of human existence.
At a stroke, they convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics and power.
They are the unsung heroes of life: Map Addict sings their song. There are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and development of cartography: this is not one of them.
Mixing wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, Map Addict unearths the offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebration of all things maps.
Combining history, travel, politics, memoir and oblique observation in a highly readable, and often very funny, style, Mike Parker confesses how his own impressive map collection was founded on a virulent teenage shoplifting habit, ponders how a good leftie can be so gung-ho about British cartographic imperialism and wages a one-man war against the moronic blandishments of the Sat Nav age. This new edition of the beloved classic has been fully revised and updated, with a new chapter on digital maps: the good, the bad, the Google Street View.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 1 col plates (8pp)
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:01/04/2010
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- ISBN:9780007351572
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Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 1 col plates (8pp)
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:01/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780007351572