
Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
Format: Hardcover
Is there anything more intriguing than a secret map? One that reveals clandestine information or meanings, or a map that is itself a secret? Secret Maps features over one hundred examples of these kinds of maps, connected by their varied relationships to secrecy, and ranging from the twelfth to the twentyfirst centuries and across the globe. They include views into state secrecy and powersuch as maps used for domestic and military purposes, imperial expansion, espionage, and surveillance as well as those with private or commercial uses, such as charts of private land, trade routes, or the flights of private jets. The maps span widely in their scope and cover issues of broad interest, from oldfashioned spying to contemporary concerns about technology and privacy.
As illuminating as it is thrilling, Secret Maps unearths the oncehidden routes, landscapes, and locations that have covertly shaped our world.
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