A blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption
A piece of bad popular map history suggests that people can have quite misleading concepts about Gerardus Mercator and indeed about the nature of maps and mapping (hint: he did NOT make the map shown at left, his son Rumold did!)
Read MoreStudying not the particular maps and their histories (that’s been done) but rather the significance of the structuring of of a composite atlas
Read MoreA letter explaining the manner in which an eighteen-century mega-collector wishes to organize and index his huge map collection.
Read MoreI find a modern rendition of William Hubbard’s map of New England, published in two variants in Boston and London in 1677, rather upsetting.
Read MoreA 1906 map of Beverly Hills subdivision in the shape of a woman!
Read MoreThe Vinland Map is finally, officially acknowledged as a fake. So, who faked it?
Read MoreHenry Castner and Barbara Petchenik Reconfigure Arthur Robinson’s History of Cartography
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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