A blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption
About the International Society for the History of the Map, with several useful links [updated 3/3/17 re June symposium]
Read MoreThe idea behind this site and its academically minded reflections on the nature of mapping and its histories.
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.
Comparative Map History and “the History of Cartography”: Methodologies, Institutions, and Idealizations in Brill Research Perspectives on Map History. Available from Brill in July 2025, in print and ebook ($87).
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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