December 30, 2022

Two New Things re "Cartography" and "Map" in the Latest Cartographic Perspectives

December 30, 2022/ Matthew Edney

Just in time for the end of the year, the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives has been published, which includes two items of relevance. The issue, #98, is online for free access (thank you NACIS!).

First, there is Jack Swab’s review of my Cartography: The Ideal and Its History (2019).

Second, there is my response to an essay at the head of the issue:

Edney, Matthew H. 2022. “Making Explicit the Implicit, Idealized Understanding of ‘Map’ and ‘Cartography’: An Anti-Universalist Response to Mark Denil.” Cartographic Perspectives 98: 51–60.

I am quite pleased with this essay, and I’m glad that it’s out: a succinct statement of some of the issues I’m not necessarily clear about in the book.

You can get a copy either through the link above or through the link provided in my classified bibliography (in §4.5); see menu link above.

Enjoy!

Mapping as Process

Mapping 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.

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The books …

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.