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Publish Date: 10/15/2008
Access: Anyone, Online
Author:

Norman J. W. Thrower

University of Chicago Press

Perspective: The course on cartography is about, remote sensing environments and geological discoveries. Cartography is referenced with science, social science, and humanities.
Source tell me about maps: This source tells me about the information on how to maps are made and the requirements needed in making and understanding maps.

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Title: "Here be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings"
Publication Date: 2/19/13
Accessibility: Ebook on DVC library website
Authors: Stefan Ekman & Stefar Ekman
Perspective: author is a teacher of creative writing, fantasy li, manga, and RPGs.
What does this source tell you: This ebook seems to be the quintessential read on map/world building, focusing on maps, rulers/factions, nature, and fantastic realms.

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Importance of Map Design, and Incorporation of Knowledge into Fantasy Literature

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Importance of Map Design, and Incorporation of Knowledge into Fantasy Literature

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Two interesting sources I discovered through the OneSearch Library function:
1.) "Look at Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design" by Arthur H. Robinson was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1952 details an intellectualized view of map design--focused on the functionality of maps and the importance of map accuracy, as well as design aspects that can influence how a map is perceived by a reader (contrast in size, boldness, boundaries, and color). Arthur H. Robinson's knowledge comes from many decades of working as a geographer and cartographer. It is available to all audiences through ProQuest Ebook Center, accessible more directly through the DVC Library search engine.
2.) "Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings" by Stefan Ekman was published by the University of Wesleyan Press in 1961. It is also available to all audiences via ProQuest Ebook Center. It centers on the specific use of maps in fantasy literature and expands upon the design elements investigated in the above source, adapting elements of boundaries (sometimes between planes/worlds), city structures, use of wilderness (v. civilization), and environmental abnormalities. Names can also be used to identify qualities of a specific civilization, perhaps by looking into foreign-language roots for characteristics that could be adapted into city names. Sometimes regions' names directly correlate to their temperaments (ex. The Hills of Dread, obviously not someplace you'd want to spend a summer vacation...).

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Publication date: 2004
Access: DVC library
Author: Alan M. MacEachren
Perspective: A scientific perspective about how maps functions as they are interpreted by humans.
What can this source tell you about maps? The book describes what factors are important for a good map, including design elements, human perception, and human understanding.

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Publication Date - This was published in 2020 by University of Chicago Press

Access - Anyone who is a DVC student who is able to physically go to the library

Authors - Rasmus Gronfeldt Winther; a philosopher of science who currently teaches humanities at UC Santa Cruz

Perspective - There’s a lot of things included so it’s hard to say what exactly is excluded, this book covers a wide variety of topics; it’s possible that a more ‘hard-fact’ aspect of this book may be missing as it focuses more on the philosophical nature of maps.

What can this source tell you about maps?

This book covers the philosophy of maps, it covers gene-mapping, fictional maps (Earth Sea map by Ursula K. LeGuin), a radiology map of the universe, road maps, geological maps, a map of different elevations of the earth, and more; it’s a lot. He also uses icons to tell the reader which chapters are more philosophical than others represented by a diver. The very beginning dedicates a portion to the colonialism present in world maps in history and today, which shows a deep understanding straight away to the reader.

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Published: 1997
Access: ProQuest
Author: Jeremy Black
Perspective: Black is a white British historian. His book is published through Reaktion Books, which is an independent publisher from London.

The focus of this book is how maps are subjectively shaped by politics.

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Contra Costa Community College District - Portal Access

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History of Maps article (Smithsonian magazine) 

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History of Maps article (Smithsonian magazine) 

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From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps

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We now have the whole world in our hands, but how did we get here?

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Publication date: 1980
Access: anyone online and on the library shelves
Authors: Seymour I. Schwartz and Ralph E. Ehrenberg
Perspective: for all over, cites historians and history books from all time eras
Tells us: the history of maps and making maps of the United States from 1500 -1900

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Publish Date: 9/2/2014
Access: Anyone, Online
Author:

Narangoa Li

Robert Cribb

Columbia University Press

Perspective: Northeast Asia was mapped from 1590 to 2010. Made by four maps from different time periods and they record the following countries; Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Eastern Siberia. The maps show the locations of Asia, along with describing geography, climate, ecology, people, and landscapes.
Source tell me about maps: This source tells me how they made maps and the time it takes them to map out parts of a large continent.

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Interesting read on earth's deserts (a relatively common fantasy/scifi environment).

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Interesting read on earth's deserts (a relatively common fantasy/scifi environment).

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Title: "Atlas of the World's Desert"
Publication date: 9/8/03
Accessibility: eBook via DVC library website
Authors: Nathaniel Harris
Perspective: a "western" researcher's perspective (probably not too much from the actual indigenous peoples of those desert regions).
What does this source tell you: There is quite a bit of fact on deserts, including how they are formed, general global locations (rain shadow determinants), flora and fauna, etc.

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Publication date: 2007
Access: anyone, on library shelves
Authors:
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Newberry Library
- Akerman, James
- Karrow, Robert
Perspective: Hard to tell
Tells about maps: shows a wide range of maps from different time periods and cultures

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Through an investigation of your source, determine the following:

Publication date - how old is the information?

Access - can anyone use this source?

Authors - who created this information and how was it shared?

Perspective - whose is included? Whose is missing?

What can this source tell you about maps?

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Published in 2007 by Chicago: University of Chicago Press

This book is available as a physical copy at the DVC Library

This book was edited by James R. Akerman, a Geographer, and Robert W. Karrow, a librarian and is affiliated with the University of Chicago, The Field Museum of Natural history and Newberry Library, all based in Chicago. The Chapters are written by a variety of different authors who have backgrounds as geographers, Historians, Psychologists, Professors, and even Illustrators

The perspectives included are from experts in the field of Geography and History. They are mostly white males but they are also from different parts of the world. There are mainly American perspectives but there is a French as well as a Hispanic perspective that is included. However, there is a lack of indigenous perspectives regarding the maps of different cultures.

This book is helpful in exploring the history and backgrounds of maps from a variety of cultures. It also establishes maps as an integral part of history.