Maps were at the heart of cultural life in the Americas from before colonization to the formation of modern nation-states. The fourteen essays in Early American

In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of

Mapping Region in Early American Writing is a collection of essays that study how early American writers thought about the spaces around them. The contributors

In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American natio

Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not fo