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The Measure of Manhattan

Published on 20 December 201222 October 2017 by Jonathan Crowe

Another mapmaker is getting a book-length biography. The Measure of Manhattan, Marguerite Holloway’s biography of surveyor John Randel, Jr. (1787-1865), whose decade-long survey of the island of Manhattan was the basis for that city’s street grid, comes out in February. Via BLDGBLOG, who blurbed it: “Marguerite Holloway’s engaging survey takes us step by step through the challenges of obsolete land laws and outdated maps of an earlier metropolis, looking for—and finding—the future shape of this immeasurable city.” Buy at Amazon | publisher’s page

Maps of Songs and Films

Published on 23 July 201222 October 2017 by Jonathan Crowe

Dorothy Film Map

London design studio Dorothy has put out maps of imaginary places where the placenames all come from movies or songs. Prints are available for purchase. Via Kottke.

Map Books for Fall 2011

Published on 6 October 201119 October 2017 by Jonathan Crowe

Here are a few map-related books coming out this fall. They include books by a game show legend and a highly regarded artist, and an atlas that has already encountered more than its share of controversy.

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