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An eye-opening journey that will broaden children's knowledge about the world. The British Library has one of the largest collections of maps, plans and topographical views in the world, numbering some 4.5 million and with a chronological spread of over 2,000 years. This book compiles eighty maps to take readers on a fabulous journey around the globe. With a nod to Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, the trip starts and ends in London, crossing the oceans and stopping at some of the world's most fascinating places. Maps are marvelous documents. Not only colorful and revealing, they are a record of a place at a particular time. Here, the maps exploit children's preferences for visuals while educating and entertaining. There are details to pore over as well as stories about how and why these maps were made and by whom. Concise and informative text explores each place in more depth, revealing its history, famous people, landmarks, wildlife, culture and customs. Helpful fact files provide at-a-glance information to broaden geographical knowledge. Maps include: World, 1623 Europe, 1851 Corsica, 1489 Venice, 1720 Zurich (aerial), 1576 Moscow, 1575 Egypt, 1600's Istanbul, 1422 California, 1777 St. Louis (aerial), 1764 Virginia, 1590 Arctic, 1595. Children will enjoy browsing the maps, learning along the way and sparking interest in the world and dreams of adventures. An ideal gift book.

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The maps are striking in their variety.--Publishers Weekly (08/14/2017) The maps are gorgeous pieces of art, accompanied by tidbits of information as well as a find me search game on each page. There's much to learn here... For geography and maybe ancient history buffs.-- (11/01/2017)

(review of UK edition) It might sound fairly boring to folk who really struggled to stay awake in Geography lessons in school, but it's actually an amazingly detailed and fascinating look at history through the eyes of people who began to shape the way we look at our world many centuries before we could all dive into a browser and call up Google Maps.--Read It Daddy Blog (09/05/2017) Around the World in 80 Maps is a good book, worthy of purchase and more than a cursory glance.--Gail Hamilton Canadian Review of Materials (12/01/2017) The maps are gorgeous pieces of art, accompanied by tidbits of information as well as a find me search game on each page. There's much to learn here... For geography and maybe ancient history buffs.-- (11/01/2017) The maps are striking in their variety.--Publishers Weekly (08/14/2017)

(review of UK edition) It might sound fairly boring to folk who really struggled to stay awake in Geography lessons in school, but it's actually an amazingly detailed and fascinating look at history through the eyes of people who began to shape the way we look at our world many centuries before we could all dive into a browser and call up Google Maps.-- Read It Daddy Blog (9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM) Around the World in 80 Maps is a good book, worthy of purchase and more than a cursory glance.--Gail Hamilton Canadian Review of Materials (12/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) The maps are gorgeous pieces of art, accompanied by tidbits of information as well as a find me search game on each page. There's much to learn here... For geography and maybe ancient history buffs.--Sharon Verbeten School Library Journal (11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) The maps are striking in their variety.-- Publishers Weekly (8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM)

The maps are gorgeous pieces of art, accompanied by tidbits of information as well as a find me search game on each page. There's much to learn here... For geography and maybe ancient history buffs.--Sharon Verbeten School Library Journal (11/01/2017)

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Clare Hibbert is an author and editor of more than 200 children's books, specializing in natural history, art and culture, including the Revolutions and Micromonsters children's series.

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