pickI really enjoyed this book. It's well-written and engaging. It serves as a good biography of Mercator, covering his life as well as the influences (personal, religious, political, etc.) that went into his work. It also discusses alot of the different developments that occurred in cartography and map making during this period, as well as how the unknown parts of the world were dealt with. Definitely recommend.
Interesting flipsides to printing a map of a realm. On the one hand, commissioning and developing a map had political and propaganda purposes. However, enemy countries could use it when invading to figure out terrain and resources.
Up next for reading. Growing up, I was fascinated by maps.
so-soThis was a funish mystery, but it got a little too far fetched by the end. It‘s hard not to with magical realism.
“Each of us carries a map of our lives on our skin, in the way we walk, even the way we grow.”
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#WhereAreYouMonday - I cannot read just one book.
I started my day with the ARC of "Love at a Funeral and Other Awkward Conversations" - New Jersey, in spitting distance to NYC.
Moved on to "Earls' Trip", takes place in Cumbria mostly.
Fugitive Telemetry ('Murderbot 6') in the car - space station (not pictured).
Now "The Ghost Cat" , set in Edinburgh.
Later "Lover Revealed" is set in Caldwell, fictional city in NY State, north of NYC.
What are the 3-5 books that you have read this year that you would most like to see adapted as either a movie or a tv series?
*Adama Cesare's “Clown In A Cornfield“ I read # 2 in March & I feel like the Clown etc books are great material for a new series along the lines of Fear Street/Scream.
*Brenna Thummler's “Sheets“ (I'd like to see an animated version of this to pay tribute to the richness of the original)
*Josh Malerman's “It Waits In The
so-soIt was interesting learning about the strata maps that helped launch a widespread understanding and acceptance of geology. Overall, this isn't a bad read. I was put off, however, by the author's unnecessary proliferation of sexist, ableist, and anti-asexual notions. #Nonfiction #Science
I just saw the following article. It's 14 years old, but I found it pretty interesting. I think it popped up due to the forthcoming Robert Eggers' vampire movie. The following is a list of de Toro's top 10 in the Criterion Collection. I def share some favorites w/ him:
https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/125-guillermo-del-toro-s-top-10
