The Map Book

Share the excitement of discovery in Europe and the Americas, Africa and Asia?from 1500 BC until today? in this beautiful and lavishly illustrated historical atlas. You?ll decipher the world?s earliest town plan in Babylonia, glimpse the Anglo-Saxon world where ?lions abound,? and trace a crusader?s route to the Holy Lands. More than 175 gorgeous maps collected by the head of the British Library?s Map Collections, plus fascinating text. 10"w x 12"h, more than 250 color illustrations.

I particularly like the map drawn in 1608 to help decide the fate of a man charged with trespass in a royal rabbit warren.