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24%OFFAlan Ereira - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby. Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets.  - 9780715652268 - V9780715652268
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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby. Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets.

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Description for The Nine Lives of John Ogilby. Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets. Paperback. The acclaimed biography of the man who put Britain on the map Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 black & while images including 8 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .

Four hundred years ago, every barrister had to dance because dancing put them in harmony with the universe. John Ogilby's first job, in 1612, was to teach them. By the 1670s, he was Charles II's Royal Cosmographer, creating beautiful measured drawings that placed roads on maps for the first time. During the intervening years, Ogilby had travelled through fire and plague, war and shipwreck; had been an impresario in Dublin, a poet in London, a soldier and sea captain, as well as a secret agent, publisher and scientific geographer. The world of his youth had been blown up and turned ... Read more

In this enlightening book, Alan Ereira brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve a conspiracy of kings and England’s undoing. The Nine Lives of John Ogilby is the story of a remarkable man, and of a covert journey which gave birth to the modern world.

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Product Details

Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715652268
SKU
V9780715652268
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Alan Ereira
Alan Ereira is an award-winning British author, historian and documentary filmmaker. He collaborated with Terry Jones on the documentary series Crusades (1995), Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (2004) and Terry Jones' Barbarians (2006), with whom he also co-authored the respective companion books.

Reviews for The Nine Lives of John Ogilby. Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets.
‘A spectacular book with a wide range of insights to the 17th Century’
Terry Jones
Ereira is justly proud… situates Britannia in its political context, connecting it to Charles II’s military purposes and need to crush rebellion'
Guardian
‘Compelling... a terrific subject for a biography... Ereira’s enthusiasm is infectious [and his] generous biography conveys both the ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Nine Lives of John Ogilby. Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets.


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