VARGIC'S MISCELLANY OF CURIOUS MAPS

Advances like aeroplanes, the Internet and telephone communications have made our world smaller, but we still need maps to navigate the unchartered waters of further development. Trade requires navigation through air and across sea, and orbital satellites move to the frontier of discovery beyond the stars. Maps illustrate humanity's continuing courage and journey of exploration in a beautiful and underappreciated artform. The versatility of digital cartography alongside the traditional map format is celebrated in this miscellany of 64 individual maps, large, medium and mini. The nine large are the Map of Stereotypes, Video Websites, Internet, Literature, Music, Gaming, Disasters, Corporations and Sports. The medium maps are the Map of Paranormal Activity in the US, Common Foods, Extinct Animals and Separatist Europe. The maps are the creations of Vargic's own imagination, abstract maps interspersed with spreads of infographic mini maps. Finely detailed and with clear typography, best appreciated with a magnifying glass, the spectacular Map of Sports is a gatefold that folds out in four huge parts with an ocean of champions, dexterity, and activity and racing and the big continents of football, rugby, American football, cycling, ballooning, chess, basketball, tennis, cricket, gymnastics around the globe in apt colours and the key with the largest stadiums by capacity, Olympic records, richest sports people, top Olympic athletes, most popular marathons, and Olympic Games with all years and names listed in tiny print. The same applies for a gatefold of a Map of Music and slotted inside the back cover is a huge eight folded Video Website poster of Google, YouTube, Music, Gaming, Entertainment, Beauty, Education, Fitness, Turorials, Pranks, Live-Leak and more on one side and a very at first glance traditional looking Map of Stereotypes on the reverse, very wittily maple syrup over Canada, liberty over North America, samba over South America, kangaroos over Australia, factory of China, holy cow! over India, apartheid over South Africa, thirsty over Africa, Communists over Russia and Putin's pressures over the now disputed territories, Kilt over Scotland, Gingers over Ireland - we think you get the picture. Really funny, we appreciate his humour and dexterity in cartography. Exquisitely designed. 70 maps, four fold-up maps and two oversized removeable posters, a quirky and glorious tribute to our diverse, big and beautiful world. 26cm x 31cm, colour.
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