Nicholas Crane picks eight of the most interesting traveller-chroniclers to have explored and reported on the state of the nation.From Gerald of Wales who embarked on a seven week journey around the wild perimeter of Wales in March 1188 to HV Morton...more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) was born at the dawn of the Age of Discovery, when the world was beginning to be discovered and carved up by navigators...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
Mercator was the greatest and most ingenious cartographer of them all: it was he who coined the word "atlas" and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe into a two-dimensional map while retaining true compass bearings...more details Format:Hardback Pages:384