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Resources for research on the history of maps and mapping.
The History of Cartography
The History of Cartography, an award-winning series of volumes about the history of maps and mapping, is available online and in print. When completed there will be a total of six volumes. Currently, volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 have been published.
The History of Cartography by Call Number: GA201. H53 1987
- The History of Cartography ProjectThe History of Cartography Project is a research, editorial, and publishing venture drawing international attention to the history of maps and mapping. The Project's major work is the multi-volume History of Cartography series. Its inter-disciplinary approach brings together scholars in the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Selected Books
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How to Lie with Maps by Call Number: G108.7 .M66 1991
The Mapmakers by Call Number: GA105.3 .W49 2001
The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography by Call Number: G71.5 .L48 1997
A History of the World in 12 Maps by Call Number: G1030 .B7 2014
Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations by Call Number: Call Number: GA203 .V57 2007
To the Ends of the Earth: 100 Maps that Changed the World by Call Number: GA201 .H38 2006
Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine by Call Number: RA792.5 .K63 2005
Maps and Dreams: Indians and the British Columbia Frontier by Call Number: E99 .T77 B76 1998
The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950 by Call Number: G96 .S36 2001
You Are Here: From the Compass to the GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves by Call Number: G70.212 .B735 2014
The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory by Call Number: D13.2 .H64 2016The Houses of History provides a comprehensive introduction to the twelve schools of thought which have had the greatest influence on the study of history in the twentieth century, ranging from Empiricism to Postcolonialism, Marxism to the Ethnohistorians.
Monstrous Map Embellishments
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The Art of the Map: An Illustrated History of Map Elements and Embellishments by Call Number: GA108.7 .R45 2012
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps by Call Number: GA781 .V36 2014
The Golden Age of Maritime Maps: When Europe Discovered the World by Call Number: GA781 .V36 2014
The Power of Maps
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No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control by Call Number: GA108.7 .M664 2010
The Sovereign Map: Theoretical Approaches in Cartography Throughout History by Call Number: GA201 .J3313 2006
Mapping North America
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- Mapping the Nation: A Companion Site to the book by Susan SchultenThe site traces the rise of new forms of mapping and graphic knowledge in nineteenth-century American life. Zoom in to the online maps provided.
The Cartography of North America, 1500-1800 by Call Number: GA401 .P67 1987
The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860 by Call Number: GA105.3 .B77 2017
