The authors demonstrate that maps of the natural, physical world are just as culturally and socially constructed as any map of property or territory.

In these essays the author draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional 'positivist' model o

An introduction to a theory of cartography, attempting clear notions of the characteristics and processes by which a map acquires meaning from its maker and evo

A quirky, brilliant debut book that explores the evolution of our relationship to nature and the ways in which we attach meaning to it today. "Flight Maps" shou

When the University of Chicago Press launched the landmark History of Cartography series nearly thirty years ago, founding editors J.B. Harley and David Woodwar