emmadilemma reviewed Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds by Ian Wright
Quickly quantifies quirks
5 stars
A breezy flip, with maps to answer many of the cocktail party questions you've had (Who drives on the other side of the road? Who calls football soccer?), but that also holds up a mirror to its readers and our received knowledge.
If one can fit the land masses of the U.S., China, and India fully within Africa, why do all Western maps make it look so much smaller? Geography and math combine to arouse social justice. When you're done with that, ponder the shockingly small proportion of the world that the British have never tried to invade.
On the tin it's poor value for money, some 200 pages of maps for $20. But it plants a lot of seeds in the mind.