GREAT MAP VIDEO ON BBC SITE

From BBC US & Canada

WHAT THE RAILWAYS GAVE US

This is the viral we are starting to put round about to galvanise a bit of interest about the book. 

What's amazing to observe is just how closely those strings of lights across the great landmasses mirror the paths of the transcontinental railways. 

Basically it was the railways that drove the industrial revolution and enabled people to settle inland. 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LOVES RAIL MAPS

Nice to see the wonderful National Geographic give support to the new book "Railway Maps of the World"
National Geographic Intelligent Travel Blog

Will post more images from the book here soon for delight of you Cartophiles!