Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture

Adrian Seville, Ph.D. (1972), University of Edinburgh, is an Emeritus Professor of City, University of London. His publications on the history of printed board games include The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).Thierry Depaulis is an independent historian specializing in the history of mind games (card, board, dice and table games). He is the author of many publications – journal articles, books, exhibition catalogues, etc., mainly in French and English, on card games, tarot, playing cards, and board games.Geert Bekkering, Drs. Biology (1974), University of Utrecht, is a retired teacher. His publications on the history of jigsaw puzzles in the Netherlands (1988) and Germany (2004) accompanied major exhibitions.

“[…] the games brushed aside as ‘cartographical curiosities’, or overlooked in formal studies of the history of education as simply toys, they are here, for the first time, placed firmly in the central context of humanist and enlightenment thought on the acquisition of learning.” ----Laurence Worms, in: Journal of the International Map Collections’ Society (2023) No. 175: pp. 54-55 “The authors’ research extends into the early eighteenth century. […] They also provide a great deal of information on editions, versions, origins and current location/collection of these cartographic artefacts.” ----Nicola Boothby, in: Maps in History January 2024, No. 78: pp.5-7

• AcknowledgmentsFiguresAbstractKeywords1 An Introduction to Cartographic Games2 Playing with Maps on Cards3 Cartographic Board Games4 Dissected Maps to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography5 Cartographic Games in the Material CultureReferences