A beautifully presented, prize-winning book about how maps have changed the world.

This detailed and narrative-rich story of the history of maps selects the most fascinating episodes, characters and events along the trajectory from cave-wall symbols to Google Earth, presenting the changing human attitude to the unknown and the cultural factors that influence our sense of the world.

In his gorgeous book, 'Theater of the World,' Thomas Reinertsen Berg provides dozens of full-color maps along with fascinating details about the history of attempts to represent geographical space...Berg makes a strong case that maps served many purposes beyond representing geographical space. Readers can expect to spend happy hours with this book, tracing routes and reading reports of adventuring navigators.