Secret maps : maps you were never meant to see, from the Middle Ages to today / Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harper, Tom, 1978- author.

Dykes, Nick, author.

Peszko, Magdalena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maps--Miscellanea--Exhibitions.

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Secret Maps

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.

Summary:

"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"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Contents:

Medieval and early modern secrecy and maps

Secrets of empire

Secrets of the state

Secrets in societies

Privacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 26, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Harper, Tom, 1978- Secret maps

ISBN:

9780226846170

0226846172

OCLC:

1564462240

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license