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Mapping as Process

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    • 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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    • About Me
    • Brief CV
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    • Comparative Map History
    • Cartography in the European Enlightenment
    • Cartography: The Ideal and Its History
    • Cartography (reviews)
    • Harley's Cartographic Theories
    • Mapping an Empire
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December 16, 2022

Map History Books Published in 2022

December 16, 2022/ Matthew Edney
Map History Books Published in 2022

Time for the annual list of map history books!

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December 16, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
December 09, 2022

I'm Quitting Twitter

December 09, 2022/ Matthew Edney
I'm Quitting Twitter

Time to leave the twitterverse … so use an RSS reader to keep track of new posts!

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December 09, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
December 06, 2022

The Perils of Literality

December 06, 2022/ Matthew Edney
The Perils of Literality

On reading a deeply flawed essay, I am stunned that it could ever have passed peer review. (How stunned am I? I have the mental capacity of a concussed bee.)

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December 06, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
December 03, 2022

Something on the Origins of the Two Largest Map Collections in the USA and the Practice of Map History

December 03, 2022/ Matthew Edney
Something on the Origins of the Two Largest Map Collections in the USA and the Practice of Map History

A brief note re Harvard College and then a look at the Library of Congress, its map collections, and P. Lee Phillips

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December 03, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
December 03, 2022

The 5Ps, a mnemonic for map historians

December 03, 2022/ Matthew Edney
The 5Ps, a mnemonic for map historians

A simple way to remember the things that need to be considered in researching and writing map history.

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December 03, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
November 29, 2022

Another small essay

November 29, 2022/ Matthew Edney
Another small essay

… about John Cullum’s wonderful map of Portland, Maine, from 1836

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November 29, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
November 27, 2022

The History of Map Exhibitions

November 27, 2022/ Matthew Edney
The History of Map Exhibitions

A short note.

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November 27, 2022/ Matthew Edney/
November 20, 2022

New Short Essay on mapping, history, and technologial innovation in early 19c eastern USA

November 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney
New Short Essay on mapping, history, and technologial innovation in early 19c eastern USA

So pleased and honored to have been asked to write the foreword for Susan Schulten’s incredible new book in R J Andrews’ series, Information Graphic Visionaries

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November 20, 2022

How to Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation for Map History

November 20, 2022/ Matthew Edney
How to Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation for Map History

And not just PowerPoint: Google Slides, Apple’s Keynote, Open/LibreOffice’s Impress, etc. are all great tools for showing images of maps in presentations, as long as some basic rules are followed!

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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 July 2025, in print and 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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