{"product_id":"barsoom-mapping-the-mythic-mars-paperback","title":"Barsoom: Mapping the Mythic Mars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOberon Zell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Aeschliman\u003c\/b\u003e (Cartographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver one hundred years ago, in 1911, Edgar Rice Burroughs (the creator of Tarzan) introduced an astonished readership to the adventures of John Carter, a Civ-il War soldier from Virginia who, in 1866, found himself trans-ported to the planet Mars. Or, as the natives called it, Barsoom. The first novel was A Princess of Mars, and it was followed by ten more books over the next 30 years; plus countless comic books, and in 2012, a spectacular Disney movie, \u003cem\u003eJohn Carter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnthralled readers encountered the incomparable Martian Princess Dejah Thoris; four-armed giant Green Men; hideous blue Plant Men; Thoats, Calots, Banths, Apts, White Apes and other multi-legged Martian beasts. Burroughs' Barsoom was a dying world of ancient ruined cities, dry seabeds, desert-spanning canals, towering mountains, polar ice caps, dense forests, and under-ground rivers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese were the first sci-fi adventure tales ever written that took place on another world, with alien races, civilizations, and creatures-and they pre-ceded and inspired every subsequent extra-planetary adventure series from Flash Gordon to Star Trek and Star Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut despite locating the adventures of John Carter on the canal-covered Mars depicted by Victorian astronomers, Burroughs never provided a map showing the locations of his Barsoomian cities and other features. Over the past century, many fans have tried to compile such a map, but none have truly succeeded. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainstakingly referencing clues in all eleven books, plus astronomical observations of the Red Planet spanning a hundred years, noted historian and cartographer Oberon Zell has created the definitive map of Burroughs' Barsoom. This book details that process with three dozen colorful maps and other illustrations, a history of Barsoom over the past million years, and a Gazetteer for all locations mentioned in the novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120503591047,"sku":"9781087953151","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3f991eccb9189a946ec4c28ba782ce31.webp?v=1732547651","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/barsoom-mapping-the-mythic-mars-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}