cartography

The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

Some 550 years ago, a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro set out to create a world map. Rather than myth and religion, it was based on solid evidence for the first time





cartography

The History of Cartography’s Fourth Volume, Now (Almost) Out




cartography

An Explorer’s Cartography of Already Settled Lands




cartography

Mapping society: the spatial dimensions of social cartography / Laura Vaughan

Online Resource




cartography

Cartography: the ideal and its history / Matthew H. Edney

Rotch Library - GA102.3.E36 2019




cartography

Cartography: a compendium of design thinking for mapmakers / Kenneth Field

Rotch Library - GA105.3.F53 2018




cartography

Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography / Nick Kanas

Online Resource




cartography

Preservation News: 5/16 Lecture on Cartography and Code

Join us for the next Topics in Preservation Series lecture:

Cartography and Code: Incorporating Automation in the Comparison of Medieval Toponyms Across Maps

Wednesday, May 16, 2018
1:30 pm EDT

Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building
Pickford Theater (third floor)

Register for the live webcast by Tuesday, May 15 at 5:00 pm. 

Click here for more information and to register for the live webcast.




cartography

Cosmology to cartography: a cultural journey of Indian maps: from the collections of Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad and National Museum / Vivek Nanda, Alexander Johnson

Rotch Library - GA1131.C67 2015




cartography

Islam and secularism in post-colonial thought: a cartography of Asadian genealogies / Hadi Enayat

Rotch Library - BP190.5.S35 E467 2017