A moment that changed me: I learned to read and write – at 42Using those visualising skills, I began working as a lorry driver at 22 years old. I got by through memorising motorway numbers and routes.
Maps that shaped the world, from Mercator to wartime propagandaIn Power Lines, journalist Peter Keating brings together nearly 100 political maps, tracing how cartography has shaped borders, asserted power and influenced how we see the world
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