THE PHANTOM ATLAS: THE GREATEST MYTHS, LIES AND BLUNDERS ON MAPS
Book ID/图书代码： 12290016B95086
English Summary/英文概要： The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms - non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous cartography, with each illustration accompanied by the story behind it.
Exploration, map-making and mythology are all brought together to create a colourful tapestry of monsters, heroes and volcanoes; swindlers, mirages and murderers. Sometimes the stories are almost impossible to believe, and remarkably, some of the errors were still on display in maps published in the 21st century. Throughout much of the 19th century more than 40 different mapmakers included the Mountains of Kong, a huge range of peaks stretching across the entire continent of Africa, in their maps - but it was only in 1889 when Louis Gustave Binger revealed the whole thing to be a fake. For centuries, explorers who headed to Patagonia returned with tales of the giants they had met who lived there, some nine feet tall. Then there was Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish explorer who returned to London to sell shares in a land he had discovered in South America. He had been appointed the Cazique of Poyais, and bestowed with many honours by the local king of this unspoiled paradise. Now he was offering others the chance to join him and make their fortune there, too - once they had paid him a bargain fee for their passage...
The Phantom Atlas is a beautifully produced volume, packed with stunning maps and drawings of places and people that never existed. The remarkable stories behind them all are brilliantly told by Edward Brooke-Hitching in a book that will appeal to cartophiles everywhere.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类地理文化史上最大的神话、谎言和谬误大全。
第一本精辟分析历史上从未被整理、探索的古地图真相之谜图鉴，122幅珍稀古地图，探索57个地图史上最神秘离奇的幽灵之地，揭开空前绝后的奇幻地图大谜团，奇幻巨作，想象瑰丽，堪称世界版《山海经》。
英国皇家地理学会会士、著名地图专家 爱德华•布鲁克-海钦重磅作品，《时代周刊》《卫报》《泰晤士报》《旁观者》高度赞赏、诚挚推荐，多学科、全方位趣谈奇幻隐幽的全球秘境。
本书搜集汇总了历史上最伟大的57个奇幻之地，遍及全球。这些地方像幽灵一样，总有传说于世，却没有人真正见过它们的真面目，时至今日大多仅存于世界各地隐秘族群的口耳相传和本书精心收录的珍奇地图之中，充满了奇幻色彩。其中有已消失的面积最大的古老大陆亚特兰蒂斯、黄金之国埃尔多拉多、食人族的乐园——月亮山脉、北极中央的磁山黑岩岛，等等。本书还揭秘了它们背后的神话传说、神奇动物。122幅精致、罕见的手绘古地图，不仅囊括人类的地理大发现、地图绘制史，更展示地图背后人类的奇思妙想、勇敢探索。真实的国家，想象的世界，在真真假假中，探索先人如何一步步战胜对世界的恐惧、狂想和错觉。
(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况：‘Beautiful… Brooke-Hitching [has] an eye for a good story and his book is gloriously illustrated with ancient mistaken maps, each accompanied by a thoroughly researched tale of the men whose errors led to them.’ (Daily Express)
‘This intriguing book…shows how places that aren’t there can endure, sometimes for centuries, once a map-maker has inked them in’ (The Times)
‘From the magnetic mountain at the north pole to Australia’s inland sea, Edward Brooke-Hitching charts five centuries of misrepresentative maps.’ (The Guardian)
Excellent... Arranged alphabetically in fifty-eight short chapters, with lavish deployment of illustrations, the book provides a captivating chronicle of our battle with ignorance’ (Literary Review)
About the Author/作者介绍： 著者：爱德华•布鲁克-海钦（Edward Brooke-Hitching），英国著名地图专家，皇家地理学会研究员，独立电影人，英国BBC热门百科益智节目《奇》（QI，Quite Interesting）撰稿人。继承了古董书商父亲家学渊源，深受古旧地图和藏书文化的熏陶，在埃克塞特大学攻读英文和电影。2016年以广受赞誉的《奇幻地图》（The Phantom Atlas）一书在欧美掀起地图热潮，之后陆续出版《黄金地图》（The Golden Atlas，入选爱德华•斯坦福写作奖）、《天空地图》（The Sky Atlas）等系列专著。
Edward Brooke-Hitching is the author of ’The Phantom Atlas’ (2016), and ’Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports’ (2015), and an award-winning documentary director. The son of an antiquarian book dealer, he graduated from the University of Exeter with a distinction in filmmaking before entering independent documentary production. He lives in London.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Germany (DTV), China (Zito), Poland (Rebis), Taiwan (Fantasy Publication), Spain (Blume), Italy (Mondadori), USA (Chronicle), Japan (National Geographic).
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