{"product_id":"atlas-of-atlases","title":"Atlas Of Atlases","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Atlases are\u003cb\u003e books that changed the course of history.\u003c\/b\u003e Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to\u003cb\u003e build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003enurture trade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written by Philip Parker, an authority on the history of maps, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrings these fascinating artefacts to life\u003c\/b\u003e, offering a unique, \u003cb\u003elavishly illustrated guide t\u003c\/b\u003eo the history of these incredible books and the cartographers behind them.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e All key cartographic works from the last half-millennium are covered, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The \u003ci\u003eTheatrum Orbis Terrarum\u003c\/i\u003e, considered\u003cb\u003e the world’s first atlas\u003c\/b\u003e and produced in 1570 by the Dutch, geographer Abraham Ortelius,  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The 17th-century \u003ci\u003eKlencke\u003c\/i\u003e — one of the \u003cb\u003eworld’s largest books\u003c\/b\u003e that requires 6 people to carry it,  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Rand McNally Atlas of 1881, still in print today and a book that turned its makers, William H Rand and Andrew McNally into \u003cb\u003ecartographic royalty.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e This \u003cb\u003ebeautiful book\u003c\/b\u003e will \u003cb\u003eengross readers with its detailed, visually stunning illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efascinating story \u003c\/b\u003eof how map-making has developed throughout human history. ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313146372478,"sku":"NW9780711268050","price":20.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780711268050.jpg?v=1778514012","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/atlas-of-atlases","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}