History of World Trade in Maps

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