Marvellous Maps

A treasure trove of quirky and essential data, presented in fun, fascinating map form!

Explore our world as you've never seen it before! This is a treasure trove of quirky and essential data, presented in fun, fascinating map form - everything from the travels of Marco Polo to a map of the world's most disgusting food.

Prepare to explore our world as you've never seen it before! This collection of astounding, fun and beautiful maps explains everything about Planet Earth (and some other places!), including everything from the travels of Marco Polo to a map of the world's most disgusting food.It's a treasure trove of quirky and essential data, presented in fun, fascinating map form. If you want to know where the world's dog and cat breeds come from, what the Earth looked like 170 million years ago, where the best place in the world is to put a solar panel, how to find the hidden scene in the map of the USA, who brings Christmas presents across Europe, and even what the Earth looks like to dolphins, then this is the book for you!

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Simon Kuestenmacher is a rising star in data animation and interpretation. He was named one of the world's Top 50 influencers in data science by carto.com. He is a columnist for The Australian newspaper, and reaches over 30 million people every month through his Twitter account. Margarida Esteves lives and works in London. Although she very much enjoys working digitally, pencils and crayons are her all-time favourites. She always carries her sketchbook, where she doodles new ideas. Margarida is easily inspired by people, films, photography, vintage illustration and history. When she's not working or drawing in her sketchbook, she enjoys developing small personal projects that usually involve printmaking, embroidery, LEGO and miniature models. She also collects children's books and interesting illustrated packaging.

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Explore our world as you've never seen it before! This is a treasure trove of quirky and essential data, presented in fun, fascinating map form - everything from the travels of Marco Polo to a map of the world's most disgusting food.

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Maps include: The World as 100 People - How We Travel the World - How our Data Travels - Bird Migration Map - Map of Landscape Terms - Marco Polo's Travels - The World is a Cat (Playing with Australia) - Who Brings the Christmas Gifts? - How to find Kentucky - The Moon Exploration Map on a Football Pitch - Everything Fits in the Pacific - Elephants Across the Alps - Map of the Odyssey - Dogs of the World - The Black Marble Map - Travel Times in 1914 - Travel Times in 2021 - The Point Nemo Map - The Dolphin Map of the World - Where Can I Dig to Another Country? - Lighthouses of Europe - Peak Mongol Vs Peak Roman Empire - How to Power the World With Solar - The World Without Soccer - It Takes a World to Make a Pizza - Disgusting foods of the world - A Map of Snoring - Flying from Today to Tomorrow - Map of time zones - The Longest Journey you can Walk - The World's Remotest Spot - Meat Eaters around the World - The Population of Russia - Pluto on Australia - The Distant Past World Map - The Distant Future World Map - Where can you see the Northern Lights? - Where is Closer to London or Paris? - All the World's Water - Cats of the World