Comparative Area in Invasion Planning
This map, from the Matthews-Northrup Global Atlas of the World at War (1944), has an interesting connection between my interest in comparative area symbols and wartime strategic atlases. As an…
Jacques Redway and American Maps Getting Worse
I’ve written a couple of posts about Jacques Redway, and I remain intrigued about what the full story of his life and work might contain. But as I collect more…
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…