After 40 years of work, the History of Cartography project is coming to a close. But with evolving modern technology and cultural perceptions about maps, UW researchers claim cartographers’ work is ...

Recently I was perusing the maps as we prepared to head to Stately Willard Manor West. It’s out there near the “Left Coast.” Basically, we drive down and turn right. Those directions seem to make ...

Embedded within a four-decade-long endeavor to document the history of cartography is a deceptively simple question: What is a map? In a world where most people interact with maps almost daily, ...

"This is the first English-language monograph on the early history of cartography in China. Its chief players are three maps found in tombs that date from the fourth to the second century BCE and ...

"First published in France under the title L'Age d'or des Cartes Marines © Éditions du Seuil, 2012"--Title page verso. Catalog of the exhibition at Bibliothèque ...

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One of the oldest known maps of an ancient city has recently been brought into sharper focus thanks to new insights and technology. Discovered over a century ago in the ruins of Nippur, this ...