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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: island
    sub title: London mapped
  name:
    name part: Walter, Stephen
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Barber, Peter.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Maps.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 143 pages : illustrations, chiefly maps ; 28 cm
  abstract: A masterpiece of imaginative cartography, artist Stephen Walter's detailed maps of London reveal much more about the city than its winding streets and historic buildings. London's streets, built up over more than two thousand years, are a maze of history, cultures, and stories. In his fantastically detailed maps of the city, Stephen Walter translates these elements into a tangle of insightful yet humorous words and symbols that make up a complex of hidden meanings and wider contradictions. Testament to Walter's skill and importance as a cartographer, his groundbreaking, oversized map The Island was one of only two contemporary works to feature in the seminal Magnificent Maps exhibition held at the British Library in 2010, the other by Grayson Perry, alongside hugely important historical maps, such as Pierre Desceliers's 1550 world map. The work, which reimagines London as an insular body of land surrounded by water, has been reconfigured and turned into Walter's own version of a London street atlas, with readers able to explore his unique vision of the city by flicking through the pages. A grid at the front of the book lets readers navigate their way through the map and the large-scale reproductions allow for close examination of his witty depictions. Walter's maps have a cult following and now a wider audience will be able to immerse themselves in his personal vision that both celebrates the art of cartography and pokes intelligent fun at the city he calls home.
  note: by Stephen Walter ; [foreword, Peter Barber].
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk-en
  subject:
    geographic: London (England)
    genre: Maps
  subject:
    topic: City and town life
    geographic: England
    geographic: London
    genre: Maps
  subject:
    topic: Thematic maps
    geographic: England
    geographic: London
  subject:
    topic: City and town life
  subject:
    topic: Thematic maps
  subject:
    geographic: England
    geographic: London
  classification: G1819.L7 W35 2015
  classification: 914.21
  identifier: 9783791381572
  identifier: 3791381571
  record info:
    record content source: BTCTA
    record creation date: 141218
    record change date: 20170928132859.0
    record identifier: in00003582113
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng