Rafael D. Palacios (1905-1993)
I am trying to learn more about the mapmaking career of the artist and illustrator Rafael Palacios. I first came across Palacios’ maps in a copy of Cornelius Ryan’s A…
The World Needs More Foldout Maps
The other day, at a library book sale, I bought a couple cloth-bound volumes from the Army Center for Military History "Green Book" series. I was mainly interested in the…
Jacques Redway on the History of European Discovery
Another piece in the puzzle of Jacques Redway and his desire for better maps. This series of maps is obviously problematic in terms of its Eurocentric notion of “discovering” and…
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…