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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...
This Earthly Globe: 'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter
'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan 'Marries the intrigue of Europe's most powerful royal courts with the globe-trotting thrill of adventure and discovery' Sunday Telegraph, 5* review DURING THE...
Silk Roads
'Filled with insights, the very latest research and plenty of surprises: a superlative catalogue of one the most ambitious and spectacular exhibitions ever staged at the British Museum.' - Peter...
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...
Imagined Corners: Exploring the World's First Atlas
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts, the chance to see our...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is...
Maps, Annotated: The World's 300 Greatest Maps Explained
A guided tour of the world's most important and beautiful maps This glorious guided tour of cartographic history features more than 300 of the most famous and important maps of...