Brotton, Jerry,  1969- <br/><br/>
A history of the world in twelve maps / 
Jerry Brotton. 
 - London :  Allen Lane,  2012. 
 - xvii, 513 pages, [48] of plates :   color illustrations ;   24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-482) and index. 
<br/><br/>Science : Ptolemy's Geography, c. AD 150 -- Exchange : Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 -- Faith : Hereford Mappamundi, c. 1300 -- Empire : Kangnido world map, 1402 -- Discovery : Martin Waldseemüller, world map, 1507 -- Globalism : Diogo Ribeiro, world map, 1529 -- Toleration : Gerard Mercator, world map, 1569 -- Money : Juan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662 -- Nation : the Cassini family, map of France, 1793 -- Geopolitics : Halford Mackinder, 'The geographical pivot of history', 1904 -- Equality : the Peters project, 1973 -- Information : Google earth, 2012 -- Conclusion : the eye of history? 
<br/><br/> Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably partial and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power, authority and creativity of particular times and places<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846140990 (hbk.) 1846140994 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012545522 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB247912  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016087133  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cartografía <br/>Historia de la cartografía 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GA 201  / B874h 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>526.09