{"id":1785808,"date":"2018-06-26T09:25:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785808"},"modified":"2018-06-26T09:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:25:52","slug":"new-books-for-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/06\/new-books-for-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"New Books for June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cartography.<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>The big book coming out this month, in all senses of the word, is Cartography.<\/em><\/a><\/strong> by our friend Kenneth Field (Esri Press<\/a>, 28 June). “This sage compendium for contemporary mapmakers distills the essence of cartography into useful topics, organized for convenience in finding the specific idea or method you need. Unlike books targeted to deep scholarly discourse of cartographic theory, this book provides sound, visually compelling information that translates into practical and useful tools for modern mapmaking. At the intersection of science and art, this book serves as a guidepost for designing an accurate and effective map.” A hardcover edition<\/a> is also available.<\/p>\n

Borders, Trade and Diplomacy<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>June saw the publication of a new paperback edition of Jerry Brotton’s Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Reaktion<\/a>, 18 June), in which the author “shows that trade and diplomacy defined the development of maps and globes in this period, far more than the disinterested pursuit of scientific accuracy and objectivity, and challenges our preconceptions about not just maps, but also the history and geography of what we call East and West.” Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Carving Up the Globe: An Atlas of Diplomacy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, edited by Malise Ruthven (Belknap\/Harvard University Press<\/a>, 18 June), “illustrates treaties that have determined the political fates of millions. In rich detail, it chronicles everything from ancient Egyptian and Hittite accords to the first Sino\u2013Tibetan peace in 783 CE, the Sykes\u2013Picot Agreement of 1916, and the 2014 Minsk Protocol looming over the war in Ukraine. But there is more here than shifting territorial frontiers. Throughout history, diplomats have also drawn boundaries around valuable resources and used treaties to empower, liberate, and constrain. Carving Up the Globe<\/i> encompasses these agreements, too, across land, sea, and air. Missile and nuclear pacts, environmental treaties, chemical weapons conventions, and economic deals are all carefully rendered.” Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Steven Seegel’s Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (University of Chicago Press<\/a>, 29 June) “takes us through some of these historical dramas with a detailed look at the maps that made and unmade the world of East Central Europe through a long continuum of world war and revolution. As a collective biography of five prominent geographers between 1870 and 1950\u2014Albrecht Penck, Eugeniusz Romer, Stepan Rudnyts\u2019kyi, Isaiah Bowman, and Count P\u00e1l Teleki\u2014Map Men<\/i> reexamines the deep emotions, textures of friendship, and multigenerational sagas behind these influential maps.” Amazon<\/a>, iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy and Cartography<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Jason W. Smith (University of North Carolina Press<\/a>, 8 June). “By recasting and deepening our understanding of the U.S. Navy and the United States at sea, Smith brings to the fore the overlooked work of naval hydrographers, surveyors, and cartographers. In the nautical chart\u2019s soundings, names, symbols, and embedded narratives, Smith recounts the largely untold story of a young nation looking to extend its power over the boundless sea.” (The ebook version was out in April.) Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Multispectral Martellus<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>Henricus Martellus\u2019s World Map at Yale (c. 1491): Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Chet Van Duzer (Springer<\/a>, 25 June) reports on the results of multispectral imaging of a map previously thought illegible due to faded text. “This volume provides transcriptions, translations, and commentary on the Latin texts on the map, particularly their sources, as well as the place names in several regions. This leads to a demonstration of a very close relationship between the Martellus map and Martin Waldseem\u00fcller\u2019s famous map of 1507. One of the most exciting discoveries on the map is in the hinterlands of southern Africa. The information there comes from African sources; the map is thus a unique and supremely important document regarding African cartography in the fifteenth century. This book is essential reading for digital humanitarians and historians of cartography.” Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Map Books of 2018 Updated<\/h4>\n

The Map Books of 2018<\/a> page has been updated to include several new forthcoming books and to reflect changes to previously announced publication dates (which happens quite a lot, it seems).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cartography. The big book coming out this month, in all senses of the word, is Cartography. by our friend Kenneth Field (Esri Press, 28 June). “This sage compendium for contemporary mapmakers distills the essence of… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,29,35],"tags":[30,406,1228,471,1230,1229,1227],"class_list":["post-1785808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-cartography","category-history","tag-books","tag-border-disputes","tag-diplomacy","tag-martellus","tag-multispectral-imaging","tag-treaties","tag-u-s-navy","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787849,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/cartography-the-ideal-and-its-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785808,"position":0},"title":"Cartography: The Ideal and Its History","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew H. 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Edited by Alexander J. 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