{"product_id":"the-phantom-atlas","title":"The phantom atlas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The phantom atlas (Hardcover, 256 pages – Chronicle Books, 2018) – Chronicle Books, 2018. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the mysteries within ancient maps ― Where exploration and mythology meetThis richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding, fantasies, and outright lies.Where exploration and mythology meet: Author Edward Brooke-Hitching is a map collector, author, writer for the popular BBC Television program QI and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London investigating the places where exploration and mythology meet.Cartography’s greatest phantoms: The Phantom Atlas uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms.If you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as Prisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, your will love The Phantom Atlas\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Brooke-Hitching","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367684108570,"sku":"9781452168401","price":235.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/A1HFP3o6feL._SY522.jpg?v=1781733430","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/the-phantom-atlas","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}