{"id":1787826,"date":"2019-09-26T09:43:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787826"},"modified":"2019-09-26T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:02:12","slug":"how-to-draw-a-map-is-not-about-how-to-draw-a-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/how-to-draw-a-map-is-not-about-how-to-draw-a-map\/","title":{"rendered":"‘How to Draw a Map’ Is Not About How to Draw a Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In How to Draw a Map<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (HarperCollins UK<\/a>, September), father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston provide \u201ca fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.\u201d In other words, title not to be taken literally: as you can tell from the online excerpt available here<\/a>, it\u2019s a potted history of mapmaking\u2014a familiar genre around these parts. [Amazon<\/a>, Apple Books<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In How to Draw a Map (HarperCollins UK, September), father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston provide \u201ca fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated… 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":[35],"tags":[30,312],"class_list":["post-1787826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-history","tag-books","tag-history-of-cartography","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785021,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/mapping-river-of-teeth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787826,"position":0},"title":"Mapping ‘River of Teeth’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Sarah Gailey is the author of two novellas, River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, about an alternate America that domesticated hippos, which promptly ran swam feral in the Mississippi. 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It was begun, he says, \u201cas an effort to drive business around the neighborhood. As a restaurant owner in Greenpoint, it was to draw attention to everything this great little area had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/russell-williamsburg-789x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/russell-williamsburg-789x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/russell-williamsburg-789x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/russell-williamsburg-789x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1786318,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/the-north-american-continent-a-pictorial-map-by-anton-thomas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787826,"position":2},"title":"The North American Continent: A Pictorial Map by Anton Thomas","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 September 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Since 2014 Anton Thomas has been working on a large and detailed hand-drawn pictorial map of North America. Done on a 120-\u00d7-150-cm piece of art paper with coloured pencils and pen, and full of little pictorial details, The North American Continent has taken more than 4,000 hours to draw\u2014and re-draw.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/anton-thomas-north-america-detail-1024x563.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/anton-thomas-north-america-detail-1024x563.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/anton-thomas-north-america-detail-1024x563.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/anton-thomas-north-america-detail-1024x563.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4205,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/connecticut-map-society\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787826,"position":3},"title":"Connecticut Map Society","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"It's worth giving new organizations\u00a0as much of a boost as possible, so let me draw your attention to the brand-new Connecticut Map Society, whose inaugural meeting takes place this Sunday (9 April) at 3:00 PM in Durham. 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A reasonably comprehensive primer on the subject even if comes from a couple of Brits baffled by the subject. 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