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Mapping as Process

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    • Cartography in the European Enlightenment
    • Cartography: The Ideal and Its History
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    • Harley's Cartographic Theories
    • Mapping an Empire
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Mapping as Process

A blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption

Mapping as Process

Mapping as Process

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    • Cartography in the European Enlightenment
    • Cartography: The Ideal and Its History
    • Cartography (reviews)
    • Harley's Cartographic Theories
    • Mapping an Empire
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June 13, 2022

A New Essay

June 13, 2022/ Matthew Edney
A New Essay

On the use and production of copies for map historical research, both manuscript and printed.

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June 13, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
March 04, 2022

New Book About the Flat Earthers

March 04, 2022/ Matthew Edney
New Book About the Flat Earthers

…. that seems not to want to even hint at religious causes for flat-earth beliefs.

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March 04, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
February 20, 2022

Traditional Map History in the International Geographical Union

February 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney
Traditional Map History in the International Geographical Union

How map history has been (barely) supported by the IGU

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February 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
February 20, 2022

A Case of Mistaken Identity and Severe Historical Confusion

February 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney
A Case of Mistaken Identity and Severe Historical Confusion

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!)

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February 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
December 19, 2021

Map History Books of 2021

December 19, 2021/ Matthew Edney
Map History Books of 2021

(and some missed from 2020)

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December 19, 2021/ Matthew Edney/
November 30, 2021

Reading the “Blathwayt Atlas” of Colonial North America

November 30, 2021/ Matthew Edney
Reading the “Blathwayt Atlas” of Colonial North America

Studying not the particular maps and their histories (that’s been done) but rather the significance of the structuring of of a composite atlas

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November 30, 2021/ Matthew Edney/
November 26, 2021

The Importance of Context

November 26, 2021/ Matthew Edney
The Importance of Context

A new essay

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November 26, 2021/ Matthew Edney/
October 30, 2021

The control-freakness of an early map collector

October 30, 2021/ Matthew Edney
The control-freakness of an early map collector

A letter explaining the manner in which an eighteen-century mega-collector wishes to organize and index his huge map collection.

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October 30, 2021/ Matthew Edney/
September 21, 2021

A Disturbing Map...

September 21, 2021/ Matthew Edney
A Disturbing Map...

I find a modern rendition of William Hubbard’s map of New England, published in two variants in Boston and London in 1677, rather upsetting.

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September 21, 2021/ Matthew Edney/
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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 …

Comparative Map History and “the History of Cartography”: Methodologies, Institutions, and Idealizations in Brill Research Perspectives on Map History. Available from Brill in print and as an ebook ($87).

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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).

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

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Some paperback ($38) copies are still available, as well as the ebook, from the University of Chicago Press.

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