New Monteith Details
My collection of James Monteith textbooks keeps growing. I keep finding subtle differences in the various editions, along with great new details of the comparative geography that he focused on,…
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…
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…