Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010), The Atlas of Atlases (2022) and many more.

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• INTRODUCTION1. IN THE BEGINNINGThe First Maps2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHESGathering the Information3. WHYS AND WHEREFORESThe Purpose of Maps4. OLD TIMERSThe First Map-makers5. IN THE ROUNDGlobes and Spheres6. SURFACE MATTERSMaterials for Drawing Maps7. A MAP OF MANY PARTSThe Components of a Map8. GOING NOWHEREPlaces Which Weren’t There9. THE DRAWING ROOMKey Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age10. MIGHTY MAPSMapping Superlatives11. A MAP IN HANDThe Purposes to Which Maps Have Been PutCONCLUSIONFURTHER RESOURCESINDEXCREDITSABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010), The Atlas of Atlases (2022) and many more.

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• INTRODUCTION1. IN THE BEGINNINGThe First Maps2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHESGathering the Information3. WHYS AND WHEREFORESThe Purpose of Maps4. OLD TIMERSThe First Map-makers5. IN THE ROUNDGlobes and Spheres6. SURFACE MATTERSMaterials for Drawing Maps7. A MAP OF MANY PARTSThe Components of a Map8. GOING NOWHEREPlaces Which Weren’t There9. THE DRAWING ROOMKey Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age10. MIGHTY MAPSMapping Superlatives11. A MAP IN HANDThe Purposes to Which Maps Have Been PutCONCLUSIONFURTHER RESOURCESINDEXCREDITSABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010), The Atlas of Atlases (2022) and many more.

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• INTRODUCTION1. IN THE BEGINNINGThe First Maps2. SURVEYS AND SKETCHESGathering the Information3. WHYS AND WHEREFORESThe Purpose of Maps4. OLD TIMERSThe First Map-makers5. IN THE ROUNDGlobes and Spheres6. SURFACE MATTERSMaterials for Drawing Maps7. A MAP OF MANY PARTSThe Components of a Map8. GOING NOWHEREPlaces Which Weren’t There9. THE DRAWING ROOMKey Cartographers from the Golden Age to the Modern Age10. MIGHTY MAPSMapping Superlatives11. A MAP IN HANDThe Purposes to Which Maps Have Been PutCONCLUSIONFURTHER RESOURCESINDEXCREDITSABOUT THE AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS