imaginary maps 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 exhibit of pictorial maps!

This week the University of Denver will open an exhibit of pictorial maps drawn from the private collection of Wes Brown. The exhibit is curated by Rebecca Macey, and located in...

April 03, 2015 | 20th-century images, art and cartography, children's maps, Colorado maps, imaginary maps, pictorial maps | Read More »

An imaginary map of temperance

In the archives of the American Antiquarian Society lies a strange and captivating map with an even more unlikely story. The map dates to 1838, though this copy was printed...

October 20, 2014 | 19th-century images, art and cartography, imaginary maps, thematic maps | Read More »