I like Maps

I like maps. They add to the richness of my historical reading. For my wargaming interests they have been essential.

I had cause to dig out this gem to show the interaction of the islamic world, carolingian and what was happening in england at that time.

There is something about the restricted colour palette used.

The style and publication is typical of its print date of 1961.

I picked this copy up in a charity bookshop and it is either an export that never made it to the USA or someone brought it back to the UK.

It is a book I often use despite having access to the colossal digital mapping online.

In a few dozen pages you can flick over one thousand years of history and still absorb what your seeing. A case of not too much information.

There you go – for some of us the feel of “parchment” is part of the reading process we cannot and do not want to surrender.

Thank you Penguin.