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By (author) Map Men
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”Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman
‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker
‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders
The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!
Hello, we”re the Map Men, and in the following pages we”ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries old and some are so recent they”re being published today (or yesterday, if you’re reading this tomorrow).
They include world maps, colonial maps, corporate maps, Soviet maps, pioneer maps, news maps and maps whose intended use was hijacked for a French surrealist political movement in the 1950s. Whether you’re an avid map junkie or simply ‘map-curious’, you will uncover a unique tale of adventure, error and unexpected humour in each chapter, as we attempt to answer the question: ‘What on earth happened here?’
So, ditch the compass (or disable location services) and set out on a journey with us, the Map Men, into a world of cartographic chaos and mappy mishaps.
Because the worst maps are the best maps.
Review quote:
‘Map Men’s unique and witty outlook translates brilliantly from their hilarious videos onto the page’ Matt Lucas
‘The funniest book on geography ever written’ Rufus Hound
”A gloriously entertaining look at how maps can get things – sometimes very big things – badly wrong’ Charlie Higson
‘The best book I’ve ever read (and not just because it’s the first)’ Michael Howe, author of Terrible Maps
Biographical note:
Comedians, cartography enthusiasts, YouTubers and educators, Map Men are Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones.
Promotional headline:
The brilliantly entertaining debut book from everyone’s favourite YouTube geographers
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The brilliantly entertaining debut book from everyone’s favourite YouTube geographers
16 col plates (8pp)
– The Map Men YouTube channel receives over 1m views per video
– The content is hosted by Jay Foreman, who himself has 1.49m YouTube subscribers (along with 93k Twitter followers); Mark Cooper Jones has 18k Twitter followers
– A brilliant, Monty Python-esque deep dive into the wonders of maps
– Flight of the Concords meets Horrible Histories for geography lovers
– The Map Men already have an established merchandising outlet with direct sales channels
– Supported by a creative and suitably entertaining marketing campaign
– To be positioned as the perfect gift books of Autumn 2025
Competition: Abroad in Japan; The Book of the Year 2018; The Theory of Everything Else; The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain; Map Addict; On the Map; Brilliant Maps; Prisoners of Geography. Chris Broad; No Such Thing As A Fish; Dan Schreiber; Dr Gareth Moore; Mike Parker; Simon Garfield; Ian Wright; Tim Marshall
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