The Golden Atlas av Edward Brooke-Hitching

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<B>'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry<BR/>‘A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous’ John Lloyd, creator of <I>QI</I><BR/>‘Perfect for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created’ <I>National Geographic</I><BR/>'Introduces us to a whole different way of looking at maps. Great illustrations, most engaging - the author is just a mine of information' Simon Mayo's Books of the Year</B><BR/><BR/><B><I>The Golden Atlas</I> is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most beautiful maps ever created. </B><BR/><BR/> The book reveals how the world came to be known, featuring a <B>magnificent gallery of exceptionally rare hand-coloured antique maps, paintings and engravings</B>, many of which can only be found in the author's