18th-century images Posts

A History of America in 100 Maps

I’m proud to announce that my new book–A History of America in 100 Maps–is now available in the US! It is co-published by the British Library Press and the University...

October 10, 2018 | 18th-century images, 19th-century images, 20th-century images, 21st-century images, art and cartography, children's maps, Civil War maps, environmental maps, graphs and timelines, imaginary maps, pictorial maps, thematic maps | Read More »

New online collection of “persuasive” maps

Cornell University has just posted an online collection of “persuasive” maps owned by Paul J. “PJ” Mode, who has been building this collection for years. Some might describe these as “propaganda” maps,...

August 26, 2015 | 18th-century images, 19th-century images, 20th-century images, art and cartography, imaginary maps, propaganda maps | Read More »

New map exhibit at the Boston Public Library

A vivid exhibit of maps made in Boston in the century prior to the Revolution is open through March 10, 2014 at the Boston Public Library’s Leventhal Map Center. The...

January 26, 2014 | 18th-century images, pictorial maps, urban maps | Read More »

Alexander von Humboldt: master of infographics

Last month I presented a paper at the Nebenzahl Lectures on the History of Cartography in Chicago. My subject was cartographic innovation during the early American republic — essentially the...

November 19, 2013 | 18th-century images, 19th-century images, environmental maps, graphs and timelines, thematic maps | Read More »

The earliest American attempt to chart climate?

Last week I was delighted to find what I believe is the earliest American attempt to chart patterns of climate and its effect upon agriculture and vegetation, drawn by Simeon...

September 11, 2013 | 18th-century images, 19th-century images, environmental maps, graphs and timelines, thematic maps | Read More »

Mapping the Mail

This is one of the earliest maps made in the new nation. In 1790 the first Postmaster General appealed to Congress for funds to create a comprehensive map of the...

June 26, 2012 | 18th-century images, transportation maps | Read More »