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…
More on Jacques Redway
Redway is still a bit of a puzzle to me. As I mentioned in my earlier post on him, he was the author of Butler's Complete Geography. The Library of…
Rhode Rage– Unusual Maps of Rhode Island
This is an unusual depiction of the Ocean State is this use of its distinct outline as a comparative area symbol on a map of the British Isles (map from…