History of World Trade in Maps - Philip Parker

History of World Trade in Maps

By: Philip Parker

Hardcover | 1 October 2020

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Trade is the lifeblood of nations. It has provided vital goods and wealth to countries and merchants from the ancient Egyptians who went in search of gold and ivory to their 21st-century equivalents trading high-tech electronic equipment from the Far East.

In this beautiful book, more than 70 maps give a visual representation of the history of World Commerce, accompanied by text which tells the extraordinary story of the merchants, adventurers, middle-men and monarchs who bought, sold, explored and fought in search of profit and power.

The maps are all works of art, witnesses to history, and have a fascinating story to tell.

The maps include:
  • Çatalhöyük Plan, c. 6200BC
  • Babylonian Map of the World, c. 600BC
  • Stone Map of China, 1136
  • Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1300
  • Buondelmonti Map of Constantinople, c. 1420
  • The Waldseemüller Map, 1507
  • James Rennell Map of Hindoostan, 1782
  • Air Age Map, 1945
  • Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Dashboard, 2020


About the Author

Historian specializing in the classical and medieval world. He is the author of the DK Companion Guide to World History(2010), The Empire Stops Here: A Journey Around the Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Jonathan Cape 2009), The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World (Jonathan Cape 2014), Revolution (Andre Deutsch, 2017). He was co-author of The Times History of the World in Maps (2014) and General Editor of The Great Trade Routes: A History of Cargoes and Commerce Over Land and Sea (Anova 2012). He was a contributor to DK History Year by Year (2011) and DK History of the World in 1000 Objects (2014).

He previously worked as a diplomat and a publisher of historical atlases.

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