Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a leading expert in the history of maps and Renaissance cartography. His most recent book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection (2006), was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize as well as the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize. In 2010, he was the presenter of the BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'.
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, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by reading it, we can better understand the worlds that produced it.
Although the way we map our surroundings is changing, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been, but that they continue to define, shape and recreate the world. Readers of this book will never look at a map in quite the same way again.
發表於2024-12-23
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評分在巴黎莎士比亞書店買的,當時有個很帥很巴黎的男生拿瞭這本書,我好奇也拿下來翻瞭翻,覺得還不錯,就帶迴瞭傢。斷斷續續看瞭大半年終於看完瞭,挺有意思的,作者非常會講故事,但真的很難啃。
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評分在巴黎莎士比亞書店買的,當時有個很帥很巴黎的男生拿瞭這本書,我好奇也拿下來翻瞭翻,覺得還不錯,就帶迴瞭傢。斷斷續續看瞭大半年終於看完瞭,挺有意思的,作者非常會講故事,但真的很難啃。
A History of the World in Twelve Maps 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載