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Ken Jennings traces the history of mapmaking and its impact on human civilization, offering insight into how cartography has shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on his lifelong passion for geography—evidenced by his childhood habit of sleeping beside a bulky world atlas—Jennings shares stories from vibrant map communities: the London Map Fair, geocachers, highpointers, and even the online world of Google Earth. Each chapter examines a facet of the map culture, spotlighting the interplay between physical landmarks, digital navigation, and imaginative cartography in fiction. Through these vignettes, he argues that the impulse to create and use maps remains as vital today as it has ever been.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Travel & Geography/Geography
Authors: Ken Jennings
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