{"id":1818524,"date":"2023-09-14T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1818524"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:46:21","slug":"a-book-roundup-recent-new-publications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/a-book-roundup-recent-new-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Roundup: Recent New Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookWriting for Geographical<\/em> magazine, Katherine Parker reviews<\/a> A History of the World in 500 Maps<\/em><\/strong> by Christian Grataloup (Thames & Hudson<\/a>, 13 Jul 2023), which was originally published in French in 2019. \u201c[E]ven with 500 maps, there\u2019s a selection process at work that may leave some readers wanting for specific trajectories and topics. For example, although there\u2019s a continual emphasis on economics, commerce and migration, the impact of the Transatlantic slave trade is only lightly addressed. Similarly, Indigenous perspectives are present, but not abundant. However, such critiques of lacuna in subject coverage are inevitable in any book that attempts to include all of human history.\u201d Note that the maps are modern maps of history created for this book, not old maps. UK-only publication. \u00a335. Amazon UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"BookThe 38th volume of the Esri Map Book<\/em><\/strong> (Esri<\/a>, 5 Sep 2023) came out earlier this month. Like the NACIS<\/abbr> Atlas of Design<\/em> (previously<\/a>),<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> it\u2019s a showcase of maps presented at a conference\u2014in this case, maps from the Map Gallery exhibition of Esri\u2019s International User Conference. The Esri Map Book website has a gallery of maps<\/a> presumably from this volume, and given the number of pages in the book (140) and the number of maps in the gallery (65), it may actually be complete (assuming a two-page spread per map). $30. Amazon<\/a> (Canada<\/a>, UK<\/a>), Bookshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"BookPeter Bellerby, of bespoke premium globemaker Bellerby & Co. fame, has written a book: The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft<\/em><\/strong> (Bloomsbury<\/a>) is out today in hardcover in the UK, and in North America on October 17; the ebook is available worldwide as of today. From the publisher: \u201cThe Globemakers<\/em> brings us inside Bellerby’s gorgeous studio to learn how he and his team of cartographers and artists bring these stunning celestial, terrestrial, and planetary objects to life. Along the way he tells stories of his adventure and the luck along the way that shaped the company.\u201d \u00a325\/$30. Amazon<\/a> (Canada<\/a>, UK<\/a>), Bookshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writing for Geographical magazine, Katherine Parker reviews A History of the World in 500 Maps by Christian Grataloup (Thames & Hudson, 13 Jul 2023), which was originally published in French in 2019. \u201c[E]ven with 500… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28,35],"tags":[132,30,244,723,26],"class_list":["post-1818524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-gis","category-history","tag-bellerby","tag-books","tag-esri","tag-globemaking","tag-globes","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787479,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/the-history-of-the-netherlands-in-100-old-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818524,"position":0},"title":"The History of the Netherlands in 100 Old Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 July 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Briefly noted: the publication last month of Marieke van Delft and Reinder Storm's De Geschiedeneis van Nederland in 100 Oude Kaarten (Lannoo), whose title, for the 98.6 percent of you who are not visiting this website from the Netherlands, translates as The History of the Netherlands in 100 Old Maps,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/de-geschiedenis-van-nederland-in-100-oude-kaarten-249x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3962,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/02\/sweet-home-alabamas-history-in-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818524,"position":1},"title":"Sweet Home: Alabama’s History in Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 February 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Sweet Home: Alabama's History in Maps\u00a0\"is an exhibit presented by the Birmingham Public Library in celebration of Alabama's bicentennial. 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