Table of Contents

1. Maps and Patents2. Pinpointing Location3. Showing the Way4. Folding, Unfolding5. World Views6. Global Affairs7. Current EventsAppendix: How to Find a Patent

Promotional Information

"Cartographic innovators are a curious and quirky set of citizens, each with a unique story to tell. Monmonier has pieced together newspaper stories, census records and journal information to fill out and illuminate these unsung cartographic heroes." (Keith Clarke, Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Mark Monmonier reveals and organizes, for the first time, a wealth of information about how many ingenious persons in modern America responded to the social and technological challenges and opportunities that everyday map use presented, from how to fold a map to how to conceptualize the world." (Matthew Edney, Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, University of Southern Maine, USA) "This is a major contribution that explores an area in the history of cartography that is not simply ignored by historians of cartography, but basically unknown to them-patents and inventions pertaining to maps and globes. The book is thoroughly researched, and in addition to examining patent applications makes use of genealogical research tools to learn more about the inventors. Well-written and richly illustrated with original patent drawings, the subjects range from transfer tickets to electric maps." (Judith Tyner, Professor Emerita of Geography, California State University, Long Beach, USA)

About the Author

Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. For numerous papers on digital cartography and the history of cartography as well as 19 books, including How to Lie with Maps, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Geographical Society’s O. M. Miller Medal, and the German Cartographic Society’s Mercator Medal.

Reviews

“Monmonier’s book provides a much-needed, in-depth, and deeply researched analysis of cartographic patents. Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History is recommended for those interested in understanding how cartographic innovations have developed over the past century and a half.” (John J. Swab, Cartographic Perspectives, Issue 90, 2018)