This Way Up

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA 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 BordersThe 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.