Description: Arranged chronologically from the seventeenth century on, and featuring the personal anecdotes, diary extracts, and photographs of intrepid early travelers, this exquisite collection of maps traces the evolution of tourism. Part travel guide, part social history, it charts a course across the globe on the first steam voyages, captures the romance of the golden age of train travel, and delves into the very heart of why we journey to new lands: for adventure; for education; for escapism; for pilgrimage. As it stretches from the elite realms of the Grand Tour to beyond the boundaries of the known world, this book showcases the progress in cartography, and reveals how people used maps to navigate their immediate environment and understand their place in the world. In looking back, it considers the shape of global tourism today, reflecting on just how accessible—or hostile—the world has become.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated, Decorative end pages
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Arab Emirates
Book Title: Map Tour : a History of Tourism Told Through Rare Maps, from the Grand Tour to Globalization
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Topic: Cartography, Essays & Travelogues, World, Expeditions & Discoveries, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases)
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Référence, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 44.9 Oz
Author: Hugh Thompson
Item Length: 11.2 in
Item Width: 9.9 in
Format: Hardcover
