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A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Ma ...Show more
Great Maps by Jerry Brotton
$49.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The world's finest maps explored and explained. From Ptolemy's world map to the Hereford's Mappa Mundi, through Mercator's map of the world to the latest maps of the Moon and Google Earth, Great Maps provides a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages. Revealing the stories behind 55 histori ...Show more
The Sultan and the Queen The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam by BROTTON JERRY (UNIVERSITY OF
$60.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. Now England's key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate matters the staunchly Catholic king of Spain was determined to destroy her, bolstered by the gold pouring in from ...Show more
This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. On the principle that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend', this marked the beginning of an extraordinary English alignment with the Muslim powers who were fighting Catholic Spain in ...Show more
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