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'.
[A] fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer's
art... Brotton's idea of tracing within maps the patterns of human
thought is a wonderful one
*Guardian*
As this mesmerising and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates,
maps have, since ancient times, carried vast symbolic weight ...
rich and endlessly absorbing history
*Daily Telegraph*
An elegant, powerfully argued variation on the theme of knowledge
as power and ignorance as powerlessness
*Guardian*
Rich and adventurous
*Sunday Times*
An achievement of evocation....a fascinating and thought-provoking
book
*Literary Review*
Brotton is acutely sensitive to the social, political and religious
contexts which unravel why maps were made, for whom and with what
axes to grind
*History Today*
A highly rewarding study
*Mail on Sunday*
Engrossing reading
*Financial Times*
The intellectual background to these images is conveyed with
beguiling erudition ... There is nothing more subversive than a
map
*Spectator*
It is a wonderful history, which will delight anyone with an
interest in history and geography
*TLS*
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