Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. For numerous papers on digital cartography and the history of cartography as well as 19 books, including How to Lie with Maps, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Geographical Society’s O. M. Miller Medal, and the German Cartographic Society’s Mercator Medal.

“Monmonier’s book provides a much-needed, in-depth, and deeply researched analysis of cartographic patents. Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History is recommended for those interested in understanding how cartographic innovations have developed over the past century and a half.” (John J. Swab, Cartographic Perspectives, Issue 90, 2018)

• 1. Maps and Patents.- 2. Pinpointing Location.- 3. Showing the Way.- 4. Folding, Unfolding.- 5. World Views.- 6. Global Affairs.- 7. Current Events.- Appendix: How to Find a Patent.

Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. For numerous papers on digital cartography and the history of cartography as well as 19 books, including How to Lie with Maps, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Geographical Society’s O. M. Miller Medal, and the German Cartographic Society’s Mercator Medal.

“Monmonier’s book provides a much-needed, in-depth, and deeply researched analysis of cartographic patents. Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History is recommended for those interested in understanding how cartographic innovations have developed over the past century and a half.” (John J. Swab, Cartographic Perspectives, Issue 90, 2018)

• 1. Maps and Patents.- 2. Pinpointing Location.- 3. Showing the Way.- 4. Folding, Unfolding.- 5. World Views.- 6. Global Affairs.- 7. Current Events.- Appendix: How to Find a Patent.

Mark Monmonier is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. For numerous papers on digital cartography and the history of cartography as well as 19 books, including How to Lie with Maps, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Geographical Society’s O. M. Miller Medal, and the German Cartographic Society’s Mercator Medal.

“Monmonier’s book provides a much-needed, in-depth, and deeply researched analysis of cartographic patents. Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History is recommended for those interested in understanding how cartographic innovations have developed over the past century and a half.” (John J. Swab, Cartographic Perspectives, Issue 90, 2018)

• 1. Maps and Patents.- 2. Pinpointing Location.- 3. Showing the Way.- 4. Folding, Unfolding.- 5. World Views.- 6. Global Affairs.- 7. Current Events.- Appendix: How to Find a Patent.