How to Lie with Maps

Mark Monmonier ; with a foreword by H.J. de Blij

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Author(s)

Mark Monmonier

Publication

2nd ed. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1996

Scope

207 Pages, illustrated, 22 cm.

ISBN

0226534219

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Monmonier (geography, Syracuse Univ.) reveals how and why maps "lie." He explains the methods cartographers must use to distort reality in representing a complex, three-dimensional world on a flat sheet or screen, and how they exclude information and geographic features in order to create a readable and understandable map. In addition to explaining the "white lies" told by every competent mapmaker and the errors caused by "cartographic carelessness," Monmonier explores the use of maps for advertising and propaganda, and the deliberate errors employed to confuse potential enemies or to trap copiers.

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Keywords

cartography

Location

Cabinet 13 - 1: Cartografie

Remarks

Incl. Bibliographical References