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by Edward Brooke-Hitching

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Discover the mysteries within ancient maps -- Where exploration and mythology meet

This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.

Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies.

Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet.

Cartography's greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms.

If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas

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  • Title The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
  • Author Edward Brooke-Hitching
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chronicle Books
  • Publication date 2018-04-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781452168401 / 1452168407
  • Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.7 x 7.5 x 1.1 in (24.64 x 19.05 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in geography, Atlases
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017040843
  • Dewey Decimal Code 912.09

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 02/01/2018, Page 118
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/05/2018, Page 0

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Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector and author of Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes and Games. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a writer for the popular BBC TV show QI, he lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London.
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