By developing the broadest and most inclusive definition of the term "map" ever adopted in the history of cartography, this inaugural volume of the History of C

Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartogr

“A compelling read” that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery (Journal of American History). In the nin

“In his most ambitious work to date, [Edney] questions the very concept of ‘cartography’ to argue that this flawed ideal has hobbled the study of maps.”

"This book highlights more than a hundred maps from every era and every part of the world. Organized chronologically, they display an astonishing variety of car