{"product_id":"the-atlas-of-atlases-philip-parker","title":"The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booksalert.pk\/collections\/encyclopedia-history\"\u003ehistory\u003c\/a\u003e and the cartographers who made them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtlases are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e books that changed the course of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enurture trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebrings these fascinating artefacts to life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, offering a unique, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elavishly illustrated guide t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eo the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAll key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTheatrum Orbis Terrarum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, considered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e the world’s first atlas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 17th-century \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKlencke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eworld’s largest books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that requires 6 people to carry it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Rand McNally Atlas of 1881, still in print today and a book that turned its makers, William H Rand and Andrew McNally into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecartographic royalty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebeautiful book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eengross readers with its detailed, visually stunning illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efascinating story \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof how map-making has developed throughout human history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKS ALERT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49125084070137,"sku":null,"price":3895.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/5834\/2393\/files\/The-Atlas-of-Atlases-Exploring-the-most-important-atlases-in-history-and-the-cartographers-who-made-them.webp?v=1790007497","url":"https:\/\/www.booksalert.pk\/products\/the-atlas-of-atlases-philip-parker","provider":"BOOKS ALERT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}