Maps of human history
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton. Allen Lane, €37.80. Reviewed by Brendan Daly.
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
**Allen Lane, €37.80**
**Reviewed by Brendan Daly**
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When we type our home address into Google Earth we're expressing an impulse that dates back millenniums.
Like the Mesopotamian scribe who created the first known map of the world - a 2,500 year-old clay tablet that locates Babylon at its heart - we want ...