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Sulle mappe
Sulle mappe: Il mondo come lo disegniamo | Simon Garfield
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Affascinante e coinviolgente. Una guida alle guide. Dayly Mail Un'allegra perlustrazione della storia delle mappe, colma di curiosit e scritta con grande brio. Indipendent on Sunday Le mappe, indiscutibile, non sono solo indispensabili ma hanno gran fascino. Ci permettono di orientarci, e questo non poco, ma ci restituiscono anche una visione del mondo, la visione di chi le ha ideate. Infatti non sono il mondo, bens una sua rappresentazione, quindi possono solo descrivere, in modo semplificato, lo spazio. Per capire fino in fondo la loro utilit, bisogna fare lo sforzo di immaginarsi cosa doveva essere viaggiare o progettare un viaggio quando non esistevano: dellestensione del mondo e della sua forma non vi era alcuna idea, ogni passo era fatto verso lignoto. E i luoghi raggiunti non avevano un nome. Questo libro, corredato di un ricco apparato iconografico, ricostruisce la storia delle mappe: quando sono nate e perch, come si sono evolute, come sono state disegnate. Dai Greci fino a Google Maps passando per il navigatore satellitare, un libro pieno di storie che vi lasceranno incantati: esploratori, disegnatori, viaggiatori, cartografi, monaci, mercanti, inventori e filosofi che hanno creato una rappresentazione del mondo perch noi potessimo amarlo e conoscerlo, per poi desiderare di percorrerlo. O anche solo immaginarlo dalla poltrona del nostro salotto. Le mappe, indiscutibile, non sono solo indispensabili ma hanno gran fascino. Ci permettono di orientarci, e questo non poco, ma ci restituiscono anche una visione del mondo, la visione di chi le ha ideate. Infatti non sono il mondo, bens una sua rappresentazione, quindi possono solo descrivere, in modo semplificato, lo spazio. Per capire fino in fondo la loro utilit, bisogna fare lo sforzo di immaginarsi cosa doveva essere viaggiare o progettare un viaggio quando non esistevano: dellestensione del mondo e della sua forma non vi era alcuna idea, ogni passo era fatto verso lignoto. E i luoghi raggiunti non avevano un nome. Questo libro, corredato di un ricco apparato iconografico, ricostruisce la storia delle mappe: quando sono nate e perch, come si sono evolute, come sono state disegnate. Dai Greci fino a Google Maps passando per il navigatore satellitare, un libro pieno di storie che vi lasceranno incantati: esploratori, disegnatori, viaggiatori, cartografi, monaci, mercanti, inventori e filosofi che hanno creato una rappresentazione del mondo perch noi potessimo amarlo e conoscerlo, per poi desiderare di percorrerlo. O anche solo di immaginarlo dalla poltrona del nostro salotto.
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Centique
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#bookreport from #hiselderliness after a hiatus. Excuse his blunt reviews!

Book 1 - too complicated
Book 2 - mostly rubbish (I think this means there was too much about the owner and not enough about the cars)
Book 3 - good, but you wouldn‘t like it. (Meaning me. Apparently foolish people doing dangerous things again)
Book 4 - excellent, you have to read this. (Which I intend to do!)

Cinfhen Yay!!!! You‘re cold is getting better and “his elderliness” is back!!!!!!!! I love the blunt reviews. Your dad needs a podcast 😁 5y
Cathythoughts Love his succinct reviews ✨ 5y
Centique @Cathythoughts he‘s a ratbag for sure 😂😘 5y
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TheEllieMo
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Thought I‘d literally #GetOutTheMap for #LilithJuly

From bottom right:

- My Kindle cover (upside down, I now realise 🙄);

- the tagged book, which looks at how maps have influenced us;

- a notebook from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with a map of the UAE on its cover;

- a quiz book about maps 😊

@Cinfhen @KarenUK

KarenUK The tagged book sounds great! 👍💕 5y
Cinfhen This photo is really giving me a sense of wonderlust 🗺💜 5y
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Rambo_Reads
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Pickpick

Another favourite bit of non-fiction

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charobaxter
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So, Christmas was good.

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iamzoerobinson
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Advice for map folding: "Don't put your fist through it" "Don't blame your wife" ???

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rockpools
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If you're thinking of selling #replicas of maps through Sotheby's, Arader is on the warpath, with the help of the world's librarians. Don't say we didn't warn you!

#NuYear @Cinfhen @TrishB

TrishB I‘m warned 😱😁 7y
Cinfhen 😂 7y
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rabbitprincess
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The library's copy of On the Map has praise for another Simon Garfield book, Just My Type (which I recommend highly).
#anditsaugust day 3: for font's sake

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luciaci
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rockpools
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Donna_sBookMinute
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A detailed #map of the Carnival route in Jacmel, Haiti spans the endpapers of Edwidge Danticat's "After the Dance." This is an edit of an earlier post of the endpapers.
#LyricalApril #maps

Cinfhen Great photo, interesting story.. 8y
Donna_sBookMinute Thanks, @Cinfhen. I plan to reread it soon. 8y
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KtheBookwyrm
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Book mail! I forgot that I ordered it so yay! What a surprise

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rockpools
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Literary dragon-hunting! Here, we're looking for the phrase #herebedragons on old maps, as mentioned in books. Devastatingly...

"The earliest confirmed finding is surprisingly late: a Dorothy L. Sayers short story about a treasure hunt, "The learned adventure of the dragon's head" from 1928 in which a character reports seeing 'hic dracones' on an old map. Perhaps he did. We are the poorer for having failed to find it"

??? #photoadaynov16

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rockpools
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My first read for #nonfictionnovember. The book is just beautiful, and I could pore over the pics for hours! (Wish they were in colour tho) Also learning loads of useless/surprising facts: did you know that "by the 5th century BC, Pythagoras had persuasively argued that the earth was a sphere"? ?

Libby1 We LOVE maps in our house. Even the 6 year-old is into them. I bought this for my husband a few years ago and he enjoyed it. 8y
rockpools @Libby1 That's fab! Someone bought me a children's atlas when I was tiny & marked my house in it - I was hooked from then 🙂 8y
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MrBook
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#Bookmail is the best mail ☺️👏🏻!!! Used my B&N discount coupons, which also led to free shipping! $25, ohhh yeeaaahhh 😎👌🏻! Anything you see here that captures your attention?

Seshat Jerusalem! I'm listening to the audiobook. 8y
OrangeMooseReads I do believe I NEED that Ronald Dahl book. 😊 8y
Mr.Croup Really love Alan Moore's comic work. Been wanting to check Jerusalem out. 8y
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MrBook @Seshat Oh my! How long is it? @OrangeMooseReads The best ☺️!!! @Mr.Croup Exactly why I got this ☺️🙌🏻. 8y
Seshat @MrBook 48 hour or so! 8y
LilMamaMastro Roald Dahl can do no wrong!! 😇💗 8y
sparklemotion The covers for On The Map and Ghost Stories are so pretty! 8y
MrBook @LilMamaMastro 😉👍🏻👌🏻! @heartlesstree I concur ☺️👍🏻! 8y
BethFishReads On the map is awesome. Enjoy! 8y
MrBook @BethFishReads Thank you 😊👍🏻! 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
I-read-and-eat Ghost stories is definately on my TBR , and it's so pretty! 8y
kalinichta I look forward to Jerusalem with anticipation... and a little fear (so big). 8y
Chassie I just started Jerusalem this week. I anticipate finishing it by Fall '18😂😂 Seriously, though, I've just scratched the surface and I am so excited about it already. 8y
scripturient I've had Ghost Stories waiting on my shelf for a while now. :) 8y
TNbooklover66 I just bought Jerusalem as well. I'm not reading it until next year but I'm looking forward to it. 8y
MrBook @I-read-and-eat It is 😁👍🏻! @kalinichta A hardcore reader like you will have no problems tackling it ☺️👍🏻! @Chassie 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻! @scripturient Well, hop to it 😜😆👏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻! @TNbooklover66 We can read it together then, because that was my plan as well 😎👌🏻! 8y
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Rlweasley
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Pickpick

I've been reading this book slowly over the past year and a half and I couldn't have asked for a better vacation/travel read. It's super interesting and informational. My map obsession has never been greater!