Triangulation ... it's not just "doing things with triangles"
/I’m a bit of a purist on the matter
Read MoreA blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption
I’m a bit of a purist on the matter
Read MoreKey principles in the assessment of old maps
Read MoreA brief summary, with references
Read MoreA curious 1856 facsimile of the map of the east coast of Jave-le-grand from the 1547 Vallard Atlas
Read MoreI wrote the Last Word column for the latest issue of Library of Congress Magazine, which is all about maps!
Read MoreA classification of maps worthy of Jorge Luis Borges !!
Read MoreHow the Cartographic Ideal shaped Tolman’s (1948) interpretations of the nature of human spatial cognition
Read MoreMapping as Process is a space for me to explore a new approach to understanding mapping and its history. The exploration will eventually contribute to a book of the same name.
Cartography in the European Enlightenment, Volume Four of The History of Cartography, edited by myself and Mary Pedley. Available from the University of Chicago Press, in print and ebook ($500).
Available from the University of Chicago Press in paperback ($30), e-book ($10–30), or cloth ($90).
Some paperback ($38) copies are still available, as well as the ebook, from the University of Chicago Press.
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