Alexander Macomb Mason: Maps from 1870s Explorations of Darfur and Lake Albert
I have, for many years, been working on a biography of Alexander Macomb Mason. I won’t even try to begin relating his story here, but my research has given me…
Two very different comparative area symbols
Some comparative area symbols make a lot of sense. There is logic behind James Monteith's use of Kansas for its standard dimensions of 200x400 miles. And Jacques Redway's use of…
Monteith’s Perspective View of the Mississippi River
Although I have called James Monteith the "Master of the Margins," one of the other things I find unique and innovative about Monteith is his perspective illustrations of large geographic…
The Combination of Harrison and Marshall
I have long been a great fan of Richard Edes Harrison, both for his cartography and his writing about what he called “the geographic sense.” I have collected several copies…