With 80 maps through Switzerland

Historical maps not only inform but also captivate with their beauty. For today's readers, they are the perfect means to navigate through space and time. This book brings together 80 historical maps from seven centuries. Whether hand-drawn or computer-generated, medieval or modern: they all depict Switzerland and its regions in the past, present, and possible future. Diccon Bewes entertainingly narrates the stories behind the maps: from the first representation of the Confederation in 1480 to the dawn of modern cartography; from the early postal route map of 1799 to the Soviet map of Basel from the Cold War; from the Zurich city plan for men from the 1970s to the vision of a Greater Switzerland with 40 cantons. From a cartographic perspective, we learn how today's Switzerland came into being.