Thomas Reinertsen Berg's Books

Theater of the World

The Maps that Made History

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Theater of the World

The Maps that Made History

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

A beautifully illustrated full-color history of mapmaking across centuries -- a must-read for history buffs and armchair travelers. Theater of the World offers a fascinating history of mapmaking, using the visual representation of the world through time to tell a new story about world history and the men who made it. Thomas Reinertsen Berg takes us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to Google Earth, exploring how the ability to envision what the world looked like developed hand in hand with worldwide exploration. Along the way, we meet visionary geographers and heroic explorers along with other unknown heroes of the map-making world, both ancient and modern. And the stunning visual material allows us to witness the extraordinary breadth of this history with our own eyes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published Date

ISBN 10

0316450782

ISBN 13

9780316450782

Theatre of the World

The History of Maps and the Men and Women Who Made Them

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Theatre of the World

The History of Maps and the Men and Women Who Made Them

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Fascinating...sumptuously produced with lots of full-colour images, is a kind of potted treasury of cartographical history that gleams with pieces-of-eight-like snippets of information...this is an enthralling book, and joins the likes of Simon Garfield's On the Map and Jerry Brotton's A History of the World in Twelve Maps in the field of popular reaffirmations of the ingenuity of geography.' Travis Elborough, Spectator 'A fascinating book that I will always treasure.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'This wonderful book is a reminder of how much careful thought was given to the shape of the world even in ancient times - the landscape, how places are related to one another. I pored over these maps for hours, imagining those minds hard at work, visualising how it all connected as a whole. Just brilliant.' Neil Oliver 'Visually stunning...it's gone straight to the top of my Christmas present list.' The Bookseller 'I remember how well I liked to turn the pages of my childhood atlas and travel the world to find out where countries and cities were. But there was never anything about why the maps were created - or who drew them. Theatre of the World was my big chance to tell the stories of all those men and women map makers whose amazing work deserves to be celebrated.' Thomas Reinertsen Berg Beautifully illustrated and rich in detail, Theatre of the World reignites our curiosity with the world both ancient and modern. Before you could just put finger to phone to scroll Google Maps, in advance of the era of digital mapping and globes, maps were being constructed from the ideas and questions of pioneering individuals. From visionary geographers to heroic explorers, from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to the familiar navigation of Google Earth, Thomas Reinertsen Berg examines the fascinating concepts of science and worldview, of art and technology, power and ambitions, practical needs and distant dreams of the unknown.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

409

Publisher

Hachette UK

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473688647

ISBN 13

9781473688643

Theater of the World

The Maps that Made History

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Theater of the World

The Maps that Made History

By: Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published Date

ISBN 10

0316450782

ISBN 13

9780316450782

Book's by Thomas Reinertsen Berg

Theater of the World

Theater of the World

Theatre of the World

Theatre of the World

Theater of the World

Theater of the World

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email