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Biographical note
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a leading expert in the history of maps and Renaissance cartography. His most recent book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection (2006), was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize as well as the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize. In 2010, he was the presenter of the BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'.[A] fascinating and panoramic new history of the cartographer's art... Brotton's idea of tracing within maps the patterns of human thought is a wonderful one
- Tom Holland, Guardian
As this mesmerising and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates, maps have, since ancient times, carried vast symbolic weight ... rich and endlessly absorbing history
- Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph
An elegant, powerfully argued variation on the theme of knowledge as power and ignorance as powerlessness
- David Horspool, Guardian
Rich and adventurous
- John Carey, Sunday Times
An achievement of evocation....a fascinating and thought-provoking book
- Anthony Sattin, Literary Review
Brotton is acutely sensitive to the social, political and religious contexts which unravel why maps were made, for whom and with what axes to grind
- Robert Mayhew, History Today
A highly rewarding study
- Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday
Engrossing reading
- Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times
The intellectual background to these images is conveyed with beguiling erudition ... There is nothing more subversive than a map
- Andrew Linklater, Spectator
It is a wonderful history, which will delight anyone with an interest in history and geography
- David Wooton, TLS