Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong Trade Paperback | 304 pages History / Historical Geography An expert voice will turn your world upside down-literally-with this bold new international take on the myths created by our global maps and our borders. Is geography really destiny? Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the center of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbors. In his punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how the world is represented often isn't how it really is—that the map is not the territory.