The Map Room

The Map Room is a blog about maps by Jonathan Crowe. Launched in 2003, it covers everything from antique map collecting to the latest in geospatial technology.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine, New Expanded Edition (Expanded) Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground
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Disease Mapping

Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (2019) Celestial Atlas: A Journey in the Sky Through Maps Atlas of the Galilean Satellites
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Star Maps

The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps (Historical Map and Mythology Book, Geography Book of Ancient and Antiqu Phantom Islands: In Search of Mythical Lands Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts
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Phantom Islands

Women and Cartography in the Progressive Era Women in American Cartography: An Invisible Social History Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography
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Women in Cartography

The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World The Times Universal Atlas of the World The Times Desktop Atlas of the World
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World Atlases

Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies Plotted: A Literary Atlas
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Fictional and Fantasy Maps

The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
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The Map Room Recommends

The Selden Map of China: A New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps
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Asia in Maps

Nowherelands: An Atlas of Vanished Countries 1840-1975 Beyond the Map: Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners
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Geographical Oddities

One Metro World The First Railroads: Atlas of Early Railroads Transit Maps of the World: Expanded and Updated Edition of the World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth (Revised)
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Transport Maps