{"product_id":"9780008275792_how-to-draw-a-map","title":"How To Draw A Map","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps have influenced humanity in many unexpected ways: life, death, sexual reproduction, espionage, war and peace. How to Draw a Map traces the story of mapmaking – cartography – from the first scratchings on the cave wall to the detailed high-tech ‘navigator’. This is the story of human conceptions, often misconceptions, of our world. It is also a very personal story about a mapmaker’s journey through life – the exciting new perspectives and the occasional misadventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last 5,000 years societies and empires have risen and fallen; most, if not all, attempt to record their own visions of our world. In the 15th century, Europeans developed a global reach with their oceanic ships, exploring outward into the world, revealing new possibilities, peoples and opportunities. Mapmakers recorded this journey, revealing to us a window into past triumphs and disasters. The story continues into our own day when diplomats carve up our globe, presenting what we now see as the ‘modern’ world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn How to Draw a Map, father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston demonstrate the skill, creativity and care involved in the timeless art of creating maps – and what these artefacts reveal about the legion of mapmakers who went before us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Swanston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897391501461,"sku":"9780008275792","price":37.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008275792_4b567443-d194-4f50-8a7e-2488c0eefebe.jpg?v=1776888138","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008275792_how-to-draw-a-map","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}