Tracks on the Ocean

A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel

Dr Sara Caputo

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English

Profile
12 November 2024

History; General & world history; Historical maps & atlases; Cartography, map-making & projections

A vivid history of how the marks left on maps by travellers tell the story of the modern world

By: Dr Sara Caputo
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781788168823
ISBN 10: 1788168828
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 12 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr Sara Caputo is a Senior Research Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge. A specialist in maritime and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history, she is the winner of numerous awards, including the Prince Consort and Thirlwall Prize. She has been a Visiting Fellow in Germany, California and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Reviews for Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel

The cartographical track ... represented an evolving sense of humanity's position in the world: notions of destiny, permanence and possession, heroic craft and odds-defying relevance. It portrayed the individual standing in front of the wild environment, wrangling it and branding it, tattooing the image of the Earth with lines that say - I have been there -- Sara Caputo * Tracks on the Ocean *