A Succinct Example of the Core Methodology of Traditional Map History

Map Librarians Will Be Horrified!

Disambiguating a commonly used term that is potentially culturally biased

(and several missed from 2019)

Well, new to me, at least!

It’s a good one.

Or, the Problems of Relying on an Edited Translation without Referring to the Original

An unequivocal statement of the idea that maps necessarily constitute “a god’s eye view” of the world

A fairly simple enquiry — how relevant is it to talk about the development and evolution of maps and mapping? — soon gets wrapped up in questions about the nature of “maps” and “mapping” and therefore how we define maps, cartography, map history, and map studies generally.