A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025 '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.
