Brilliant Maps: An Atlas for Curious Minds
£14.99
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Described as the kind of book you buy for someone as a gift and wind up keeping for yourself, ‘Brilliant Maps’ makes compulsive reading. Random questions are posed such as How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the ‘wrong’ side of the road? And where can you find lions in the wild? to be answered in a revelatory, thought-provoking and fun map format.
Dimensions
24cm (9in) x 15cm (6in)
Features
notes
Described as the kind of book you buy for someone as a gift and wind up keeping for yourself, ‘Brilliant Maps’ makes compulsive reading. Random questions are posed such as How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the ‘wrong’ side of the road? And where can you find lions in the wild? to be answered in a revelatory, thought-provoking and fun map format.
Insights
Ian Wright runs ‘Brilliant Maps’, one of the most popular and most-visited cartographic sites on the internet. In addition to being a cartophile, he’s also a keen walker. In 2015, he combined these two passions to become the first person to walk all the newly expanded London Tube Map. Originally from Canada, he now lives in the UK.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Granta
- Soft cover
- Colour illustrations
- Number of pages: 210 pages
- ISBN: 9781846276637
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