ABSTRACT
Studies on the representation of movement are numerous in cartography. Recent research has offered new ways of thinking about cartographic motion. However, historians have little discussed methods for representing motion cartographically. This text tackles the issue by introducing ideas on mapping movement in historical studies while piecing together theoretical reflections and empirical evidence. Historical sources are used to analyse the movement and discuss ways of representing it through supporting a cartographic series explicitly produced for this occasion. The general idea is that the articulation of theoretical and technical knowledge of cartography can contribute to a deepening of historical studies, which certainly requires a good dose of geographic imagination.
