May 05, 2021

New short publication

May 05, 2021/ Matthew Edney

I wrote the Last Word column for the latest issue of Library of Congress Magazine, which is all about maps!

The most recent issue of LCM 10, no. 3 (May-June 2021), is on the special theme, “Mapping Our World.” It can be downloaded from https://www.loc.gov/lcm/, along with all previous issues. Hard copies will be mailed shortly.

The last page of each issue is the column, “Last Word,” which this time around was by me!

Download the issue, or see if you can read the following image:

Enjoy!

Other essays in the issue deal with a wide variety of maps and things, including a short piece by the late Ed Redmond, many of which will be familiar, but many others will not.

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.

Search Mapping as Process:

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.