Cartophilia
In this regular column, geographer and Broadcast contributing editor Joshua Jelly-Schapiro roams through his favorite maps from history to examine the scientific, social, and psychological significance of cartography.
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01.22
Cartophilia: Mapping US Slavery
The fourth installment of Cartophilia looks at the groundbreaking and disturbing 1861 visualization of where four million Black people were enslaved in the United States.
11.21
Cartophilia: Rivers of Time
The third installment of Cartophilia looks at Howard Fisk's legendary 1944 maps of how the Mississippi River has changed course during modern history.
08.21
Cartophilia: Atlas of the United States for the Blind (1837)
The second installment of Cartophilia looks at one of the earliest attempts to provide a map for the visually impaired.
07.21
Cartophilia: For the Love of Maps
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro takes us below the streets of New York City to show the first electrical grid map of Manhattan, from 1893.
