Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond: 2,000 Years of Exploring the East
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0714863203 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on Asia and the Middle East - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated Westerners since the time of Alexander the Great.Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond traces the history of the European age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the time. The book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient Silk Road: a network of trading posts that encompassed China, Tibet, Pakistan, India, Kurdistan, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including Abyssinia, Malacca, Macassar, Siam, and Cathay.The maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of Asia and the Middle East: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the Queen of Sheba, Mohammed the prophet, King Charles V) to legendary explorers (Marco Polo, Columbus, Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Capt. James Cook) and influential cartographers.Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from Alexander the Great's map of the world, first created in 323 BC and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to
The pleasure of seeing such a distinguished collection of maps brought together in in one volume is greatly enhanced by the production values of the book itself. ' maps of mesmerising beauty a fine new book' Independent on Sunday 'Nebenzahl's achievement is to make accessible and arresting an esoteric field.' World of Interiors 'beautiful Nebenzahl's commentary on the maps, which presuppose no expert knowledge of cartography, is clear and helpful' The Art Newspaper 'It's been a big year for the Silk Road, with the British Library's majestic exhibition ably and plentifully supported by book publishers right ac
not as advertised With apologies to Charles Dickens: this is the best of atlases; this is the worst of atlases.Let's start with the best. This atlas is laid out exactly the way you would want an atlas to be laid out. Each right hand page contains a well-written and detailed account of the map illustrated for you in the facing left hand page.
. Nebenzahl is the author of several books, including Maps of the Holy Lands and The Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries. He served as Consultant on the History of Cartography to Rand McNally from 1966-98, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and serves on the boards of the Newberry Library and the University of Chicago. Kenneth Nebenzahl is an internationally recognized authority on antiquarian cartography and one of the most pr