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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe. Image cartographique : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Brooke-Hitching, Edward
Titre(s) : The phantom atlas [Texte imprimé] : the greatest myths, lies and blunders on maps / Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publication : London ; New York ; Sydney : Simon and Schuster, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (256 p.) : ill. en coul., cartes ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 246-247. Index
The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought
to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms, non-existent islands, invented mountain
ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various
times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking
antique maps that display the most erroneous cartography, with each illustration accompanied
by the story behind it. Exploration, map-making and mythology are all brought together
to create a colourful tapestry of monsters, heroes and volcanoes; swindlers, mirages
and murderers. Sometimes the stories are almost impossible to believe, and remarkably,
some of the errors were still on display in maps published in the 21st century. Throughout
much of the 19th century more than 40 different mapmakers included the Mountains of
Kong, a huge range of peaks stretching across the entire continent of Africa, in their
maps - but it was only in 1889 when Louis Gustave Binger revealed the whole thing
to be a fake. For centuries, explorers who headed to Patagonia returned with tales
of the giants they had met who lived there, some nine feet tall
Sujet(s) : Cartographie -- Histoire
Mythes géographiques
Sujet(s) géographique(s) :
Monde
Classement géographique : Monde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-4711-5945-9 (rel.). - ISBN 1471159450. - ISBN 9781471159473 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45106179b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45106179
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