This Way Up When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)
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39967
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
04.06.2026
Abbildungen
16 col plates (8pp)
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B/H)
19.6/12.8/3.2 cm
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350 g
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Seidengrau / Schwarz
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-00-871032-3
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'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman
'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker
'Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.' Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders
The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!
Hello, we're the Map Men, and in the following pages we've selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries old and some are so recent they're being published today (or yesterday, if you're reading this tomorrow).
They include world maps, colonial maps, corporate maps, Soviet maps, pioneer maps, news maps and maps whose intended use was hijacked for a French surrealist political movement in the 1950s. Whether you're an avid map junkie or simply 'map-curious', you will uncover a unique tale of adventure, error and unexpected humour in each chapter, as we attempt to answer the question: 'What on earth happened here?'
So, ditch the compass (or disable location services) and set out on a journey with us, the Map Men, into a world of cartographic chaos and mappy mishaps.
Because the worst maps are the best maps.
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Educating and entertaining
I stumbled upon this book via the YouTube channel of the Mad ahh MapMan and knew I had to read to it. While geography wasn't my strong suit in school at all I've been drawn to phyical maps for quite a long time and the history of map making fascinates me. "This Way Up" offers insights into the wrongdoings of map makers and map distributors and the consequences of them. If you've always wondered why some borders are so weird and straight or why Europe is so conveniently placed in the center of many maps - this book is for you.