June 25, 2019

Cartography: The Interview (New Books Network)

June 25, 2019/ Matthew Edney

Listen to the podcast of the interview with Steven Seegel.

June 06, 2019

Of Measures and Tyranny

June 06, 2019/ Matthew Edney

Is the Metric System (International System of Units) really an agent of tyranny and state oppression, while the U.S. system of weights and measures is a beacon of liberty?

May 10, 2019

‘A Handsome Exhibit of the Land’

May 10, 2019/ Matthew Edney

The 1793 Plan of William Bingham’s Maine Lands

May 06, 2019

The History of Cartography in a Brief Poem

May 06, 2019/ Matthew Edney

By Karl Peucker, a prominent German cartographer, 1902

April 24, 2019

Plaintive haiku

April 24, 2019/ Matthew Edney

In response to a challenge …

April 11, 2019

“The New Cartography”

April 11, 2019/ Matthew Edney

Can anyone tell me what the “Great Expurgator’s Ubiquitous Salts” might be?

April 04, 2019

Is the World's Oldest Map a Map?

April 04, 2019/ Matthew Edney

Video of my 3 April talk

March 25, 2019

It's here!

March 25, 2019/ Matthew Edney

A new book!

March 14, 2019

2018 Books on Map History

March 14, 2019/ Matthew Edney

(At least as they have caught my eye)

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.

Available for pre-order from the University of Chicago Press, as print ($500) and ebook. Due to be published in November 2019.

Available from the University of Chicago Press in paperback ($30), e-book ($10–30), or cloth ($90).

Still some paperback ($38) copies available, as well as ebook, from the University of Chicago Press.