A beautifully illustrated full-color history of mapmaking across centuries-- a must-read for history buffs and armchair travelers.
Theater of the Worldoffers a fascinating history of mapmaking, using the visual representation of the world through time to tell a new story about world history and the men who made it.
Thomas Reinertsen Berg takes us all the way from the mysterious symbols of the Stone Age to Google Earth, exploring how the ability to envision what the world looked like developed hand in hand with worldwide exploration.
Along the way, we meet visionary geographers and heroic explorers along with other unknown heroes of the map-making world, both ancient and modern. And the stunning visual material allows us to witness the extraordinary breadth of this history with our own eye
Thomas Reinertsen Berg is a Norwegian journalist and writer. He has written for several Norwegian papers including
Morgenbladet,
Klassekampenand
Dagsavisen.
Theater of the World, his first book, was honored with the 2017 Brageprisen, an award given annually to Norway's premier non-fiction book. Throughout his book, Berg provides sound analysis, reasoned arguments, and strong examples to support his assertions. The book is extremely well researched and clearly written. It is accessible to a general audience, and would be of interest to anyone who enjoys history or maps. While Berg acknowledges that no one can write a book covering all of the history of mapmaking,
Theater of the Worldprovides an excellent foundation in the general history of mapmaking in Europe, and the history of Norwegian mapmaking in particular.
Carolyn Hansen,Cartographic Perspectives A fascinating book that I will always treasure.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes This wonderful book is a reminder of how much careful thought was givl³Ç
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