Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps

Name: Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps
ISBN: 9780718181147

by Martin Vargic

4/5

(28 votes)

Vargic's Miscellany is a collection of 64 maps and infographics.

See the world mapped out by stereotypes; discover the Internet in cartographical form; marvel at the maps of global technology and culture; and explore the world through infographics and statistics.

This wonderful and strange atlas is a treasure trove of interesting, unexpected and bizarre facts - a glorious celebration of our big beautiful diverse world.

Includes: The Map of Stereotypes Maps of Internet and Gaming Maps of Music The Map of Separatist Europe 51 infographic maps - from lightening strikes to sexual partners, heavy metal bands to tractors And many more.

About the author Martin Vargic is an amateur graphic designer from Slovakia who rose to international fame in late January 2014, when his work 'Map of the Internet 1.

0' went viral, generating hundreds of thousands of hits and Facebook shares.

His first book, Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps, pulled together more than 1,800 clichés and pop culture references into a series of maps based on stereotypical views of the world.

It too received immediate media attention, and was prominently featured on a multitude of sites such as Slate, Huffington Post, Radio Times and many others.

First published: 2015
Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers
Subjects: Maps
Language: English

This book is pretty disappointing. The mapmaking is pretty (the borders are a little busy for my taste, but ymmv), sure, but that's all it has going for it.

Fascinating look at world demographics, translated into graphic maps. There are some humorous takes on how folks perceive foreign regions and curious (and disturbing) maps of where the most obese, or most dangerous drivers, or something else tend to cluster.

A compilation of thematic maps (showing world train use, beer consumption etc.), amusing, entertaining and sobering overlays (for stereotypes, paranormal activity and disasters respectively), and original map-like word clouds displaying 'the internet' and 'gaming' and 'sports', plus other errata and infills that one could spend hours with a magnifying glass going over.

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