TRACKS ON THE OCEAN (PB)

From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the power of digital technology, this is the story of how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps - and how the lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. Weaving together human history, cartography, literature and climate science, this book shows how the tracks we've left on the oceans - trading, exploring and conquering - are a record of humanity's impact on the planet.