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Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities Paperback – October 29, 2009

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An intriguing collection of more than one hundred out-of-the-ordinary maps, blending art, history, and pop culture for a unique atlas of humanity

Spanning many centuries, all continents, and the realms of outer space and the imagination, this collection of 138 unique graphics combines beautiful full-color illustrations with quirky statistics and smart social commentary. The result is a distinctive illustrated guide to the world. Categories of cartographic curiosities include: ? Literary Creations, featuring a map of Thomas More?s
Utopia and the world of George Orwell?s 1984

? Cartographic Misconceptions, such as a lavish seventeenthcentury map depicting California as an island
? Political Parody, containing the ?Jesusland map? and other humorous takes on voter profiles
? Whatchamacallit, including a map of the area codes for regions where the rapper Ludacris sings about having ?hoes?
? Obscure Proposals, capturing Thomas Jefferson?s vision for dividing the Northwest Territory into ten states with names such as Polypotamia and Assenisipia
? Fantastic Maps, with a depiction of what the globe might look like if the sea and land were inverted

The Strange Maps blog has been named by GeekDad Blog on Wired.com ?one of the more unusual and unique sites seen on the Web that doesn?t sell anything or promote an agenda? and it?s currently ranked #423 on Technorati?s Top 500 Blogs.

Brimming with trivia, deadpan humor, and idiosyncratic lore,
Strange Maps is a fascinating tour of all things weird and wonderful in the world of cartography.

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Frank Jacobs loves maps but finds most atlases too predictable. He collects and comments on all kinds of cartographic curiosa. A journalist and writer, he hosts the blog Strange Maps. He lives in London.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0142005258
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery; Illustrated edition (October 29, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780142005255
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142005255
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.52 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.04 x 0.73 x 9.48 inches
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the maps interesting, artistic, and historical. They also describe the book as entertaining and educational, with nice large photos and uncluttered text.

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19 customers mention "Content"16 positive3 negative

Customers find the content interesting, imaginative, and fun to look at. They also say the book has several good maps and bits of interesting info.

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"...It makes a great coffee table book and is fun to look at. It is educational and interesting - not as textbooky as some other info-graphic books are." Read more

"A great collection of odd maps of real and imagined spaces...." Read more

"...Some are historical, some fantastic, some artistic, some political, some...well just weird...." Read more

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Customers find the book entertaining and educational, making it a perfect gift for map lovers.

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"Great book with lots of pictures and great information. Got this for my brother who is studying GIS...." Read more

"...The book compiles the blog entries with nice large photos and un-cluttered text...." Read more

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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2015
I ordered this book as one of two books about maps to give as Christmas gifts to a man who reads books about maps for sheer entertainment. I am truly glad to have this book as one of several I have given him over the years. Actually, I am glad I ordered it early so I could read it before passing it on to someone else. :)
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Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2011
Purchased this as a gift for my Dad...an avid lover of maps both strange and normal. He loved it and I looked through it before I gave it to him and I loved it. I am thinking of getting a copy for myself now. There are so many different kinds of maps from everything you could imagine. Definitely a win for any map or history or literature lover
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Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2013
Great book with lots of pictures and great information. Got this for my brother who is studying GIS. It makes a great coffee table book and is fun to look at. It is educational and interesting - not as textbooky as some other info-graphic books are.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2009
If you regularly read the Strange Maps blog and want to support Frank Jacobs with a few bucks, then this is the way to go. The book compiles the blog entries with nice large photos and un-cluttered text. However, if you're like I am, and like to look things up on the internet as you read about them, the experience of reading one of Frank's stories on the web is vastly different than reading it in a book. The book doesn't add anything to the content already on the web, and you miss out on the links to original sources and cross-references to other Strange Maps stories. If you or someone you know likes well-researched and engaging anecdotes about maps combined with the experience of reading such things in a book, then this one's for you. But if you just want to see some cartographic curiosities and pick up a factoid or two along the way, then perhaps the Strange Maps blog should be your first destination. Then you can decide whether it's worth is to shell out some money to have print copies of all the wonderful maps Frank has collected.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
I got this as a gift for my husband, who is a professional cartographer. He absolutely loves it and keeps it in a special place in his room.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013
Terrific collection of -- just as it says -- strange maps, from the eponymous website. A few are deliberately offbeat, but most appear to be entirely serious in intent.. The mapped regions go from Manhattan to the largest moon of Saturn, and the topics mapped from straight (sort of) geography to French kisses. Any map devotee will love this one, and it will also appeal to devotees of the unusual. Great Xmas gift for the right person
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2016
I was very disappointed with this book. Actually hard for me to admit in that I usually love all things cartographic. The first deducted star is because even though using a 9.5 X 11 inch format, some of the maps are as small as 3 X 4 inch. And most of these having writing on them which I would LIKE to know what it says. Add a stout magnifying glass to your order. Come on, modern printing technology can easily enlarge almost anything without it turning into pixels and dots. Eliminating some of the HUGE margins could have easily allowed for 1 page of words and the other page a map. Second star deducted because I was expecting more actual historical mappage, real stuff even if it was wrong. But there's significant amount of pages dedicated to fairy tale maps and art paintings which bear the word "map" in their name, but are actually nothing of the sort. Third star deducted because some things aren't even maps, I.e., a smear of jam near a butter knife which resembles vaguely a continent and an omelet or something similar which is said to look like a country. A more accurate title for some of the book would be, "Random Objects Which Look Like A Map." That said, between the many uninteresting and/or unrelated entries, there are several good maps and bits of interesting info. So the book IS worth 2 stars for a used copy only.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2014
A great collection of odd maps of real and imagined spaces. It is great to experience how much our thoughts can shift by simply looking at what we think we know and understand depicted in a different way.
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Mrs M Harding
5.0 out of 5 stars Very important actually some resemblances of what’s going on in today’s world!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2022
Exiting reading
Emanuel Esquivias
2.0 out of 5 stars La calidad de las imagenes deja mucho que desear
Reviewed in Mexico on November 16, 2017
El libro queda muy corto en su intención de mostrar mapas interesantes. Se siente un ejercicio amateur, más que una obra de recopilación seria. Lo más decepcionante es la calidad de las impresiones, que ayudan mucho a deslucir la obra.
Siegfried Wirth
5.0 out of 5 stars Achtung: Macht süchtig!
Reviewed in Germany on August 6, 2017
Wer Landkarten liebt, wird sich freuen.
Erstaunlich, was allen in Karten dargestellt werden kann.
Mein Favorit: World Tube Map - Oslo - Pjöngjang ohne umsteigen.

Wer mehr braucht, findet Nachschub auf der Website.
Jennie Humphries
5.0 out of 5 stars strange maps
Reviewed in Italy on June 2, 2014
An excellent service, I have got absolutely no complaints whatsoever but I really don't know what else to say to complete the necessary words.
hipplor
4.0 out of 5 stars I love these maps
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2010
This book is full of wonderful and interesting maps, and I've learned quite a bit by reading it. The only drawback is that a few of stories are a little dry, and so I've skimmed past a few of them. Overall though, I'm really happy with this book and would recommend it to any cartophile.