ABSTRACT

Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.


chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

The history of cartography

chapter Chapter 2|19 pages

The shape and content of maps

chapter Chapter 3|21 pages

Navigation, maps and accuracy

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

Representing others

chapter Chapter 5|20 pages

Mapping territory

chapter Chapter 6|19 pages

New scales, new viewpoints

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Geographical information systems

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

Alternative views