The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking, an era of cartographic boom. Maps proliferated and permeated almost every aspect of daily life, not only ch

The 20th century was a golden age of map-making, and maps permeated almost every aspect of daily life. It was a century overshadowed by war which was also marke

"This book tells a global story of a turbulent century in history through its most powerful and important object: the map. It includes over 130 illustrations of

From the first British concentration camps to the only Nazi labour camp on British soil, and from a trench map used at the Battle of the Somme to an escape and

A historical atlas covering the geographical changes that have occurred in the world during the 20th century.