Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, Magdalena PeszkoPublish date:11/24/2025Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226846163ISBN-10:226846164UPC:9780226846163Book Category:History, Social Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:World, Human Geography, CartographyWeight:3.7324Product ID:SCDHWKPX4K
Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries.
Is there anything more intriguing than a secret map? One that reveals clandestine information or meanings, or a map that is itself a secret? Secret Maps features over one hundred examples of these kinds of maps, connected by their varied...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226846163ISBN-10:226846164UPC:9780226846163Book Category:History, Social Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:World, Human Geography, CartographyWeight:3.7324Product ID:SCDHWKPX4K
Tom Harper is the British Library's Head Curator of maps. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps and Atlas: A World of Maps. Nick Dykes is a cartographic curator at the British Library. Magdalena Peszko is a cartographic curator at the British Library.
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