{"id":1787764,"date":"2019-09-20T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787764"},"modified":"2019-09-19T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T23:29:16","slug":"p-j-mode-interviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/p-j-mode-interviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"P. J. Mode Interviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1787765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1787765\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.cornell.edu\/catalog\/ss:3293761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1787765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/p-j-mode-interviewed\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1340\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;James Gillray, \u201cThe Plumb-Pudding in Danger,\u201d 1805. Print, 26 &amp;times; 36 cm. P. J. Mode Collection, Cornell University Library.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-1024x762.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1787765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray-1200x893.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pjmode-plumb-pudding-gillray.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1787765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Gillray, \u201cThe Plumb-Pudding in Danger,\u201d 1805. Print, 26 \u00d7 36 cm. P. J. Mode Collection, Cornell University Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daily.jstor.org\/persuasive-cartography-an-interview-with-map-collector-pj-mode\/\"><em>JSTOR Daily<\/em> interviews P. J. Mode<\/a>, the map collector (and donor) behind Cornell University Library\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu\">P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography<\/a>. Mode began collecting maps in 1980, and proceeded in the usual manner until stumbling across what would become his niche.<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daily.jstor.org\/persuasive-cartography-an-interview-with-map-collector-pj-mode\/\"><p>When I was looking at those maps in dealers\u2019 shops or catalogs, I often saw other maps that I thought were fun and interesting. I didn\u2019t quite understand them all\u2014unusual maps, strange maps of different kinds. The kind of maps that dealers refer to as \u201ccartographic curiosities\u201d (which basically means, \u201cThis doesn\u2019t fit into one of my pigeon-holes\u2026\u201d). These were kind of fun and interesting, and they were inexpensive so, on a lark, I would buy them when I saw them and then I would kind of try to figure out what they were.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanGeo\/status\/1169270169983750147\">AGS<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/persuasive-cartography\/\">Persuasive Cartography<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/another-look-at-persuasive-cartography\/\">Another Look at Persuasive Cartography<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/persuasive-cartography-collection-expands\/\">Persuasive Cartography Collection Expands<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JSTOR Daily interviews P. J. Mode, the map collector (and donor) behind Cornell University Library\u2019s P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography. Mode began collecting maps in 1980, and proceeded in the usual manner until&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/p-j-mode-interviewed\/\">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":[10,211],"tags":[135,134,138,133,136],"class_list":["post-1787764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-map-collecting","tag-advertising","tag-caricature-maps","tag-persuasive-cartography","tag-propaganda","tag-satire","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787868,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/a-persuasive-cartography-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787764,"position":0},"title":"A Persuasive Cartography Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 October 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Cornell University Library has been home to the P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography since 2014, and that collection is very much available online. Today, though, a new exhibition of maps from that collection opens at the Carl A. Kroch Library\u2019s Hirshland Exhibition Gallery. Latitude: Persuasive Cartography runs until\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PJM_2140_01-1024x702.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PJM_2140_01-1024x702.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PJM_2140_01-1024x702.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PJM_2140_01-1024x702.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4357,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/persuasive-cartography-collection-expands\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787764,"position":1},"title":"Persuasive Cartography Collection Expands","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"More than 500 maps have just been added\u00a0to the P. J. Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography\u00a0at the Cornell University Library. That's almost double the number\u00a0they began with. Via email, P. J. Mode also\u00a0says that\u00a0\"Cornell has implemented a much-improved image browser with a very robust search function. I hope there are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/silver-dog-1024x794.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/silver-dog-1024x794.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/silver-dog-1024x794.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/silver-dog-1024x794.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2600,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/08\/another-look-at-persuasive-cartography\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787764,"position":2},"title":"Another Look at Persuasive Cartography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"10 August 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Writing for\u00a0Hyperallergic, Allison Myers explores\u00a0Cornell University Library's P.\u00a0J. Mode Collection of\u00a0Persuasive Cartography, the collection of propagandistic maps\u00a0I told you about last January.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/angling-in-troubled-waters-1024x739.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/angling-in-troubled-waters-1024x739.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/angling-in-troubled-waters-1024x739.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/angling-in-troubled-waters-1024x739.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3331,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/suffrage-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787764,"position":3},"title":"Suffrage Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"With Hillary Clinton quite possibly on the verge of being elected the first woman president of the U.S., it's not surprising that some attention has been given to the women's suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. The suffrage movement used maps to make the case for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\"The Awakening,\" Puck Magazine, 20 February 1915. P. J. 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Mode Collection of\u00a0Persuasive Cartography: there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ac484677-b762-49f2-9e8a-0359a1cf420d_size4","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ac484677-b762-49f2-9e8a-0359a1cf420d_size4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ac484677-b762-49f2-9e8a-0359a1cf420d_size4.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ac484677-b762-49f2-9e8a-0359a1cf420d_size4.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ac484677-b762-49f2-9e8a-0359a1cf420d_size4.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":513340,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/12\/a-book-roundup-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787764,"position":5},"title":"A Book Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 December 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"The Routledge Handbook Out last month, the expensive, 600-page\u00a0Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography\u00a0(Routledge). 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