How long does it take to read The Mapmakers?
John Noble Wilford
The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford takes about 9 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 507 pages, about 139,425 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A comprehensive history of cartography that traces the adventures, discoveries and feats of technical ingenuity by which man has succeeded in mapping the globe, moon and the planets.
Subjects: Cartographers, Cartography, History, Cartographie, Geschichte, Kartographie
