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Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today

Name: Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
Brand: University of Chicago Press
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Contributors:

Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, Magdalena Peszko

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Social Science, Technology & Engineering

Book Subcategory:

World, Human Geography, Cartography

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Release Date:

11/24/2025

ISBN 13:

9780226846163

Weight:

3.73 lbs

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256

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An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries.

Is there anything more intriguing than a secret map? One that reveals clandestine information or meanings, or a map that is itself a secret? Secret Maps features over one hundred examples of these kinds of maps, connected by their varied relationships to secrecy, and ranging from the twelfth to the twenty-first centuries and across the globe. They include views into state secrecy and power--such as maps used for domestic and military purposes, imperial expansion, espionage, and surveillance as well as those with private or commercial uses, such as charts of private land, trade routes, or the flights of private jets. The maps span widely in their scope and cover issues of broad interest, from old-fashioned spying to contemporary concerns about technology and privacy.

As illuminating as it is thrilling, Secret Maps unearths the once-hidden routes, landscapes, and locations that have covertly shaped our world.

About the Author
Tom Harper is the British Library's Head Curator of maps. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps and Atlas: A World of Maps. Nick Dykes is a cartographic curator at the British Library. Magdalena Peszko is a cartographic curator at the British Library.

Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today

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