Not so long ago, dragons and monsters stalked our maps. Today, such maps might appear as fantastical fictional embellishments. But what if our world is shaped just as much by geographic myths as it once was? Paul Richardson challenges popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows how we perceive the world isn't how it really is - that the map is indeed not the territory. Eight punchy, authoritative chapters puncture long-held assumptions: The Myth of the Continents and why they don't add up; The Myth of the Border and why walls like Trump's don't work; The Myth of the Nation and fuzzy boundaries; The Myth of Sovereignty and Taking Back Control; The Myth of Economic Growth and Why It's Not Worth Dying for; The Myth of Russia's inevitable expansionism; The Myth of China's New Silk Road; and The Myth of a doomed Africa.