Maphead
By
Ken Jennings
Read by
Kirby Heyborne
Release:
09/27/2011
Release:
09/27/2011
Release:
09/27/2011
Release:
09/27/2011
Runtime:
10h 29m
Runtime:
10h 29m
Runtime:
10h 29m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“Jennings is a very witty, insightful writer and has written an entertaining and educational book about maps and the geeks who obsess over them.”
Pauline Frommer, travel writer and founding editor of Frommers.com
It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to fellow enthusiasts everywhere.
Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. He also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been.
From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you're an inveterate map lover yourself—or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket—let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.
Jennings takes listeners on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. He also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been.
From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. If you're an inveterate map lover yourself—or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket—let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads.
Release:
2011-09-27
2011-09-27
2011-09-27
2011-09-27
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
10h 29m
10h 29m
10h 29m
10h 29m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.75 lb
0.0 lb
0.75 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781452604374
9781452674377
9798200088423
9798200088430
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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