Cartography, Map-making & Projections

The twenty intriguing journeys and routes featured in this book range from distances of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and s...

Alexander Akin examines how the expansion of publishing in the late Ming dynasty prompted changes in the nature and circulation of cartographic mat...

 This book focuses on cartographies as epistemology and visual strategy, highlighting three major axes: corporeal, affective, and nomadic learning....

A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space   Maps are rarely given the s...

Superlatives tend to fail in describing Joan Blaeus Atlas Maiorthat being said, it stands as one of the most extravagant feats in the history of ma...

Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural l...

In the thirteenth century, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo traveled from Venice to the far reaches of Asia, a journey he chronicled in a n...

Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age of cartography in the sixteenth-century Low Count...

An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada. During the late Spanish colonial period, the Pacific Lowlands, also called the Greater Chocó, was ...

The Charter of the United Nations was signed in 1945 by 51 countries representing all continents, paving the way for the creation of the United Nat...

Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy little full-colour map of the Isle of Wight. Detailed mapping and tourist i...

Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy full-colour map of Irelands Wild Atlantic Way with a high level of detail. ...

Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy little full colour map of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Detailed mapping ...

Geographic information science (GISc) and systems (GIS) have grown rapidly in recent decades, increasingly on a separate track from geographic thou...

John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Raes accomplishments is much gre...

If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp, which had emerged as the c...

Making space for imagination can shift research and community planning from a reflective stance to a future forming orientation and practice. Cultu...

A map projection fundamentally impacts the mapmaking process. Working with Map Projections: A Guide to Their Selection explains why, for any given ...

From iconic landmarks to hidden shortcuts, GET LOST! takes your eyes on a journey and allows readers to explore the lands through the eyes of Illus...

A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's mo...