Colin McEvedy is the author of the companion volumes The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval Historyand The Penguin Atlas of North American History.
David Woodroffe is an artist, technical illustrator, model maker, kite flyer,and paper airplane enthusiast. He has worked as an illustrator for magazine publishersas well as for books and Web sites. Although trained as an old schoolillustrator using pen and paper, Dave has embraced modern technology and nowcreates illustrations and graphics on computer.