New York Times bestseller A stunning full-color collection of inventive poignant humorous
and controversial maps of the world from the internationally recognized digital artist behind
the stunning ?Map of Stereotypes.? Slovakian artist Martin Vargic rose to international fame in
2014 when his ?Map of the Internet 1.0? went viral. Using old National Geographic maps as
inspiration he drew a striking and meticulous map of the most visited websites in the world
portraying Google Yahoo Microsoft Amazon and Apple as sovereign countries the eastern
continent as the ?old world? with originators like Microsoft and IBM and at the most southern
tip a forgotten wasteland of outdated and obsolete places of the past like You've Got Mail and
Friendster. The extraordinary ?Map of Stereotypes? is a cartogram based on a westerner's
stereotypical view of the world that assigns more than two thousand labels and pop culture
references to cities states countries continents oceans and seas on a large-scale world
map. Visually stunning and remarkably clever both artworks generated notice worldwide.
Beautiful unique and packed with intricate and brilliant details Vargic's Miscellany of
Curious Maps showcases this visual artist's rare talent as never before in a gorgeous edition
sure to be treasured by fans. Along with eight exquisite and unexpected conceptual atlases he
has imagined The Music Map The Map of YouTube The Corporate World Map and many more. An
additional fifty mini-maps of the world display a diverse list of data such as the number of
heavy metal bands per capita the probability of getting struck by lightning average penis
length NSA surveillance rate and number of tractors per 1 000 inhabitants. Extensively
mapping various subjects from all corners of our modern civilization Vargic's Miscellany of
Curious Maps is a fresh and thoughtful look at Western culture that will spark conversation and
continually surprise and fascinate readers.
