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Jerry Brotton is the presenter of the acclaimed BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'. Here he tells the story of our world through maps. ...
The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam
The fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth’s secret outreach to the Muslim world, which set England on the path to empire, by The New York Times bests...
Mapping the Early Modern World
In this generously illustrated book, Jerry Brotton documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical representation which took place during...
from the Silk Road to Michelangelo
More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society,...
A Very Short Introduction
Exploring the Renaissance as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement & cultural experimentation & interaction on a global scale, this book gui...
A New York Times Bestseller “Maps allow the armchair traveler to roam the world, the diplomat to argue his points, the ruler to administer his count...
The Unexpected History of Direction
From the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that h...
Renaissance Art Between East and West
Looking outward for confirmation of who they were and what defined them as "civilized," Europeans encountered the returning gaze of what we now call t...
Charles I and His Art Collection
Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotto...
Elizabethan England and the Islamic World
In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. On the principle that 'm...
North and South, East and West
North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting w...
Every map tells a story. Some provide a narrative for travellers, explorers and surveyors or offer a visual account of changes to people's lives, plac...
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