John R. Short

The author explores the colorful history of mapmaking, taking readers on a fascinating tour of the ideas and idealism that influenced cartography, from the Greeks who used information gleaned from Alexander the Great's conquests to improve their maps to the medievalists, who lost the Greek knowledge of the spherical earth.

A History of Cartography

The World Through Maps

Yeong-Hyun Kim

Professor John Rennie Short, Professor

Extensive case studies of cities such as Sydney, Seoul and Miami are provided.

Globalization and the City

The globalization of space -- Separate worlds -- Early Joseon maps -- Europe looks East -- Cartographic encounters -- Joseon and its neighbors -- Cartographies of the late Joseon -- Representing Korea in the modern era -- The colonial grid -- Representing the new country -- Cartroversies -- Guide to further reading

John R. Short

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