A blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption
I was heavily featured in the brief spot about the Osher Map Library on CBS Sunday Morning, 17 May 2026. Interviewed by Martha Teichner and produced by Sari Aviv.
The spot can be seen at www.cbsnews.com/video/understanding-the-world-through-old-maps/
It’s long for television (4 minutes), but still short compared to the hours of film they took (~12 hours of me, alone).
Enjoy!
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.
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).
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).
Available from my bibliography
Some paperback ($38) copies are still available, as well as the ebook, from the University of Chicago Press.
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