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title: "Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)"
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# Global historical context Detailed cartographer profiles 64 iconic historical maps Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)

**Price:** € 59.99
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## Summary

> 🗺️ Unlock the world’s secrets, one map at a time!

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- **What is this?** Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)
- **How much does it cost?** € 59.99 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Explore 64 Iconic Maps:** Dive into a curated collection of the world’s most influential maps, each telling a unique story.
- • **Inspire Your Inner Explorer:** Fuel your imagination with maps that spark creativity, from vintage designs to modern cartographic art.
- • **Master the Art of Cartography:** Gain insights from expert profiles that reveal the minds behind the maps shaping history.
- • **Contextualize History Globally:** Understand the geopolitical and cultural significance behind each map’s creation.
- • **Perfect Gift for History Buffs:** A visually stunning and intellectually rich book that elevates any bookshelf or coffee table.

## Overview

Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained offers 64 beautifully illustrated historical maps, enriched with expert analysis and profiles of key cartographers. Perfect for geography and history enthusiasts, this book blends visual elegance with deep historical context, making it a must-have for collectors and curious minds alike.

## Description

Discover 64 iconic maps from history, with visual analysis, historical context, and profiles of key cartographers. Ideal for geography and history enthusiasts.

Review: Open up a Universe of Inspiration! - So good I bought it twice (by mistake!). I found the way it was structured particularly helpful as a guide to the development of cartography, whilst being a beautiful book in its own right. I suggest looking at Curious Maps as well, more expensive but has pull out maps that will fascinate young and old alike. A great combination for any birthday or Christmas. A little different, but an exciting entry into a new area of study that takes you around the world from the comfort of your own sofa, and opens you up to collecting maps which are readily available through desertcart and the net and make anything from marvellous artwork, easily mounted, to wallpaper for a hallway or study of surprising elegance that has the wow factor. A set of olde maps of London made a terrific frieze in one of our rooms whilst some of the fantasy maps from the 19th century made a stunning feature as a single wall in a bedroom. This and Vargics Miscellany will encourage your imagination and the next thing will be star charts, telescopes and globes and you will be sitting in the captains cabin of a pirate ship in the Caribbean or the star ship of a space fleet of the 30th century. Next is drawing your own maps and this can be done professional using CCG's software at very little cost for stunning poster art. Two books and a Universe of inspiration from world exploration to modern and medieval interior design
Review: Book of maps - Good and well illustrated book on maps, excellent Christmas gift.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 59,379 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 13 in Cartography & Geodesy 37 in Historiography 111 in Geographical History |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,165) |
| Dimensions  | 25.4 x 2.3 x 30.5 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1409345718 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1409345718 |
| Item weight  | 1.6 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 256 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Sept. 2014 |
| Publisher  | DK |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Open up a Universe of Inspiration!
*by T***A on 29 February 2016*

So good I bought it twice (by mistake!). I found the way it was structured particularly helpful as a guide to the development of cartography, whilst being a beautiful book in its own right. I suggest looking at Curious Maps as well, more expensive but has pull out maps that will fascinate young and old alike. A great combination for any birthday or Christmas. A little different, but an exciting entry into a new area of study that takes you around the world from the comfort of your own sofa, and opens you up to collecting maps which are readily available through amazon and the net and make anything from marvellous artwork, easily mounted, to wallpaper for a hallway or study of surprising elegance that has the wow factor. A set of olde maps of London made a terrific frieze in one of our rooms whilst some of the fantasy maps from the 19th century made a stunning feature as a single wall in a bedroom. This and Vargics Miscellany will encourage your imagination and the next thing will be star charts, telescopes and globes and you will be sitting in the captains cabin of a pirate ship in the Caribbean or the star ship of a space fleet of the 30th century. Next is drawing your own maps and this can be done professional using CCG's software at very little cost for stunning poster art. Two books and a Universe of inspiration from world exploration to modern and medieval interior design

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book of maps
*by I***N on 17 December 2025*

Good and well illustrated book on maps, excellent Christmas gift.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice hard back book
*by T***H on 22 August 2024*

Good feel and weight to the book, print is clear and pictures of maps look great....great value

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