In this generously illustrated book, Jerry Brotton documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical representation which took place during the sixte

More than just colorful clickbait or pragmatic city grids, maps are often deeply emotional tales: of political projects gone wrong, budding relationships that f

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Translated for the use of Schools and Colleges by William L. Gage.

Geography as an academic discipline dates back to the last few decades of the nineteenth century. However, during the preceding centuries a large body of Englis