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About Jerry Brotton
See more books from this AuthorBrotton explores the ideology behind each mapmaker and the compelling “emotional forces” that he reveals about our civilization.
Read Full Review of A History of the World in Twe... | See more reviews from KirkusBetween the Mesopotamian scribe and the American astronaut, then, there stretched an immense ideological as well as technological gulf.
Read Full Review of A History of the World in Twe... | See more reviews from GuardianMaps have numerous purposes: They allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points...In addition, they can be extraordinarily beautiful, which is why the art lover collects them. All these facets are represented in British historian Jerry Brotton's rich "A History of the World in 12 Maps."
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