These survey results may raise some eyebrows 🫨:
A recent study conducted in the UK (link below) found only 18% of millennials feel "very confident" of their ability to read a paper map😰 . 15% confessed to never having read one! 🦮
Professors at Sandhurst (and their counterparts at West Point) must be pulling out their hair! Part of the fun of going on a road trip as a kid was flipping through the AAA TripTik on the way or refolding the map at journey's end. A favorite childhood board game, Gettysburg, was merely a map of that famous town and its surroundings. Times have changed.
I like reading history books and especially enjoy the maps typically found inside them. I was reading such a book one day when I got the inspiration for a madcap adventure I created for Nick, the hero of my book Float the Boat. Then I sketched a couple of maps to provide additional enjoyment to the reader.
I wasn't sure about including them in the book, which is a Mystery-Thriller. But my editor liked them and that sold me. Later, a close friend recommended I make a detailed map for the climax chapters, and the image included here recounts my experience using an online map-making site.
Do you like books with maps?
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