Andro Linklater

The Natures of Maps

The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World, by Denis Wood and John Fels

issue 31 January 2009

  • The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World

    Denis Wood and John Feis

    University of Chicago Press, pp. 230

Is this map of birds’ migratory routes informative or deceptive? Does it create the impression that nature is flourishing when it is really in decay? In today’s golden age of cartography, when technology has lifted mapmaking to an unprecedented level of sophistication, The Natures of Maps wants to be a party-pooper.

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