!!New issue of Imago Mundi!! Very many interesting pieces, including the following: José María García Redondo on the oldest known map printed in the Americas (1618) [open access] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Map of Mexico by Diego de Cisneros (1618): Territory, Astrology, and Social Conflict

The ‘Descripción de México’ by physician Diego de Cisneros is the oldest known map printed in the Americas. Engraved in New Spain on copper by Flemish artist Samuel Stradanus, it was included in Ci...

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Issue 77.2 of Imago Mundi is out! It contains articles on Early Modern Legal Cartography; Portolan Charts of the Maghreb; French Missionary Cartography in Vietnam; a Forum on the map history's future; and a reflection on the ending of Imago Mundi's Chronicle. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/7...

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Volume 77, Issue 2 of Imago Mundi

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In “Elemental Cartographies: Restoring Kuleana Mapping at Kauaʻula, Lahaina, Maui,” Candace Fujikane discusses kuleana maps as evidence in land disputes and links these maps to a more elemental understanding of space.

Elemental Cartographies: Restoring Kuleana Mapping at Kauaʻula, Lahaina, Maui

Since long before the 2023 wildfires, Lahaina has been a battleground for Kānaka Maoli who are winning their ancestral lands back in settler courts of law. Kanaka Maoli leader Keʻeaumoku Kapu has w...

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In “Drawing the Line: The Interplay of European and African Mapping Practices in the Carte du Haut-Niger au Golfe de Guinée (1:1,000,000),” Tom Bassett looks at the intertwined nature of European and African mapping practices in a French example from 1890.

Drawing the Line: The Interplay of European and African Mapping Practices in the Carte du Haut-Niger au Golfe de Guinée (1:1,000,000)

This article illustrates the intertwined nature of European and African mapping practices in the construction of Captain Louis-Gustave Binger’s 1890 Carte du Haut-Niger au Golfe de Guinée par le Pa...

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In “Living Maps: How Native North Americans Envisioned their World”, Eric Anderson and Carrie Cornelius outline spatial practices of Indigenous North Americans and offer a new interpretive model. Open Access until the end of October!

Living Maps: How Native North Americans Envisioned their World

This article broadly surveys core concepts and examples of Indigenous mapping systems that are distinct from, and often challenge, Western notions of cartography. While both traditions share some c...

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In our editorial introduction (free to all to read!) we lay out our decolonial approach and why we won’t define “Indigenous” or “maps and mapping” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Issue Editors’ Introduction: Indigenous Maps and Mapping

Published in Imago Mundi: The International Journal for the History of Cartography (Vol. 77, No. 1, 2025)

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Issue 77.1 of @imagomundi.bsky.social is out! I co-edited this issue on Indigenous maps and mapping with Natchee Blu Barnd. Articles cover topics in North America, Africa, and Hawai’i. #newissue #histcart #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Volume 77, Issue 1 of Imago Mundi

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Issue 77.1 of Imago Mundi is now available! The journal’s first thematic issue, its articles and thesis abstract focus on the dynamic field of Indigenous maps and mapping. [...] .