Description
A Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025, this is the debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds The Map Men. The authors select what they believe are some of the very best wrong maps, ranging from decades- or centuries-old examples to maps being published today, or yesterday if you are reading this tomorrow. The collection includes 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 are an avid map enthusiast or simply map-curious, each chapter reveals a unique tale of adventure, error and unexpected humour while asking the question, “What on earth happened here?” Put aside the compass, or disable location services, and join the Map Men on a journey into cartographic chaos and map-related mishaps, because the worst maps are the best maps.
Information
Language: English
Publication date: October 23, 2025
Genres: History books in english, Books, Foreign language books, English literature, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 369
ISBN/EAN: 9780008710279