Philip Parker,Collins Books
History of World Trade in Maps
History of World Trade in Maps
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This book explores the history of trade in maps, featuring over 70 works of art that depict the traders, explorers, and monarchs who shaped world commerce throughout history. From ancient Egyptian gold seekers to modern-day high-tech electronic equipment traders, the maps provide a visual representation of the extraordinary story of trade.
Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Trade is the lifeblood of nations. It has provided vital goods and wealth to countries and merchants from the ancient Egyptians who went in search of gold and ivory to their 21st-century equivalents trading high-tech electronic equipment from the Far East.
In this beautiful book, more than 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of World Commerce, accompanied by text that tells the extraordinary story of the merchants, adventurers, middle-men, and monarchs who bought, sold, explored, and fought in search of profit and power.
The maps are all works of art, witnesses to history, and have a fascinating story to tell.
The maps include:
Çatalhöyük Plan, c. 6200BC
Babylonian Map of the World, c. 600BC
Stone Map of China, 1136
Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1300
Buondelmonti Map of Constantinople, c. 1420
The Waldseemüller Map, 1507
James Rennell Map of Hindoostan, 1782
Air Age Map, 1945
Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Dashboard, 2020
Weight: 1050g
Dimension: 215 x 278 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008409296
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