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A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
$49.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Jerry Brotton is the presenter of the acclaimed BBC4 series "Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession". Here he tells the story of our world through maps. Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world ...Show more
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Ma ...Show more
Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell by Jerry Brotton; Nick Millea
$30.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The Bodleian Library's map collection is a treasure trove of cartographic delights spanning more than a thousand years. This book features highlights from the collection together with rare artifacts and some stunning examples from twenty-first-century map-makers. Lavishly illustrated throughout, the boo ...Show more
The Renaissance A Very Short Introduction by Jerry Brotton
$24.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Provides a wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, seeing the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. This book guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from art, architecture, and literature, ...Show more
The Sale of the Late King's Goods : Charles I and His Art Collection by Jerry Brotton
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
A dazzling and authoritative account of the great art collection that ultimately cost Charles I his throne
The Sale of the Late King's Goods : Charles I and his art collection by Jerry Brotton
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection. Following a remarkable and unpre ...Show more
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, receiv ...Show more
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