Ancient Cartography, Mapping Mars, the Ethnography of Tourism, & More in Geography Academic Best Sellers

The last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a treasure trove of cartographic delights, and collection of new insights about the relationships between networks and maps top the list of best-selling geography books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

The last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a treasure trove of cartographic delights, and collection of new insights about the relationships between networks and maps top the list of best-selling geography books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

 

1. A Polar Affair: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins
Davis, Lloyd Spencer
Pegasus Books. 2019. ISBN 9781643131252. $29.95.

2. Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell
Brotton, Jerry
Bodleian Library University of Oxford. 2019. ISBN 9781851245239. $20.

3.Connections and Content: Reflections on Networks and the History of Cartography
Monmonier, Mark S.
Esri. 2019. ISBN 9781589485594. $39.99.

4. The Selden Map Of China: A New Understanding Of The Ming Dynasty
Nie, Hongping Annie
Bodleian Library University of Oxford. 2019. ISBN 9781851245246. $30.

5. The Atlas of Mars: Mapping Its Geography and Geology
Coles, Kenneth S.
Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781107036291. $49.99.

6. Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars
Rader, Andrew
Scribner. 2019. ISBN 9781982123536. $28.

7. Handbook of Urban Geography
Schwanen, Tim
Edward Elgar. 2019. ISBN 9781785364594. $240.

8. Geospatial Information System Use in Public Organizations: How and Why GIS Should be Used by the Public Sector
Valcik, Nicolas A.
Routledge. 2020. ISBN 9781498767637. $89.95.

9. Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond
Leite, Naomi M.
Lexington Books. 2019. ISBN 9781498516334. $95.

10. Pocket Maps and Public Poetry in the English Renaissance
Lecky, Katarzyna
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780198834694 . $85.

11. The Global North-South Atlas: Mapping Global Change
Solarz, Marcin Wojciech
Routledge. 2020. ISBN 9781138588837. $150.

12. Overtourism: Issues, Realities and Solutions
Dodds, Rachel
De Gruyter. 2019. ISBN 9783110604085. $124.99.

13. The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China and Japan
Miller, Amy
British Library. 2019. ISBN 9780712352581. $50.

14. Geography Today: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Issues, and Technology
Muehlenhaus, Ian
ABC-CLIO. 2019. ISBN 9781440872266. $97.

15. Cartography: The Ideal and Its History
Edney, Matthew H.
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226605548. $90.

16. Why North is Up: Map Conventions and Where they Came From
Ashworth, Mick
Bodleian Library University of Oxford. 2019. ISBN 9781851245192. $30.

17. Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
Macdougall, J. D.
Yale University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780300232059. $30.

18. Talking Maps
Brotton, Jerry
Bodleian Library University of Oxford. 2019. ISBN 9781851245154. $55.

19. Geography’s Quantitative Revolutions: Edward A. Ackerman and the Cold War Origins of Big Data 
Wyly, Elvin K.
West Virginia University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781949199086. $99.99.

20. Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
Heggie, Vanessa
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226650883. $40.

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