Binding: Paperback
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.
Title: Map Addict The Bestselling Tale Of An Obsession
Author(s): Parker Mike
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780007351572
Pages: 368 Pages, 1 Col Plates (8pp)
Publication Date: 9/26/2023
Category: Places & Peoples: General & Pictorial Works