{"product_id":"how-to-draw-a-map-9780008275792","title":"How to Draw a Map","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Draw a Map\u003c\/strong\u003e by Malcolm Swanston and Alex Swanston. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780008275792.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today. Maps have influenced humanity in many unexpected ways: life, death, sexual reproduction, espionage, war and peace. How to Draw a Map traces the story of mapmaking - cartography - from the first scratchings on the cave wall to the detailed high-tech `navigator. This is the story of human conceptions, often misconceptions, of our world. It is also a very personal story about a mapmakers journey through life - the exciting new perspectives and the occasional misadventures. Over the last 5,000 years societies and empires have risen and fallen; most, if not all, attempt to record their own visions of our world. In the 15th century, Europeans developed a global reach with their oceanic ships, exploring outward into the world, revealing new possibilities, peoples and opportunities. Mapmakers recorded this journey, revealing to us a window into past triumphs and disasters. The story continues into our own day when diplomats carve up our globe, presenting what we now see as the `modern world. In How to Draw a Map, father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston demonstrate the skill, creativity and care involved in the timeless art of creating maps - and what these artefacts reveal about the legion of mapmakers who went before us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789787062325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0008275793","price":37.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780008275792_0c112022-9d1a-43ec-8933-fb9fe1e51edd.jpg?v=1784763264","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/how-to-draw-a-map-9780008275792","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}