{"product_id":"the-phantom-atlas-edward-brooke-hitching-9781452168401","title":"The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps (Historical Map and Mythology Book, Geography Book of Ancient and Antiqu","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the mysteries within ancient maps - Where exploration and mythology meet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMysteries within ancient maps: \u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere exploration and mythology meet: \u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCartography's greatest phantoms: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e uses gorgeous atlas images as springboards for tales of deranged buccaneers, seafaring monks, heroes, swindlers, and other amazing stories behind cartography's greatest phantoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you are a fan of this popular genre and a reader of books such as \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography, Atlas of Ancient Rome, Atlas Obscura, What If, Book of General Ignorance, or Thing Explainer, \u003c\/i\u003e your will love \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Brooke-Hitching\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1452168407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452168401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chronicle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Brooke-Hitching","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055501439231,"sku":"9781452168401","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e7d7eea-5dd7-4b3d-ae6d-91fdcf703c32.jpg?v=1685036139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-phantom-atlas-edward-brooke-hitching-9781452168401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}