Mark Ovenden

From the first faltering flights over plains, water, and mountains to the vast networks of today, air travel has transformed the world and how people see it. Maps played their part in showing what was possible and who was offering new opportunities. As tiny operations with barely serviceable airplanes pushed out farther and farther, growing and merging to form massive global empires, so the scope of their maps became bigger and bolder, until the entire world was shrunk down to a single sheet of paper. Designs featured sumptuous Art Deco style, intricate artistry, bold modernism, 60s psychedelia, clever photography, and even underground map-style diagrams.For the first time, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts chart the development of the airline map, and in doing so tell the story of a century of cartography, civil aviation, graphic design and marketing. Airline Maps is a visual feast that reminds the reader that mapping the journey is an essential part of arriving at the destination.

Atlas de los metros del mundo es la primera y única colección de mapas históricos y actuales de todos los sistemas de transporte suburbanos existentes en la Tierra. A través de unas espléndidas imágenes y graficos, Mark Ovenden traza la historia cartografica de este medio de transporte, incluyendo mapas historicos, diagramas y fotografias, algunos de ellos accesibles por primera vez desde su publicacion original. Este libro es una biblia para el diseñador grafico, una coleccion imprescindible para los entusiastas del transporte, y un libro esencial tanto para los amantes de los viajes como para el turista de sillon. Esta edicion incluye un relato de Juan Jose Millas sobre el metro de Madrid.