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CHAPTER 2
organized chronologically by date
published sources only
1890s
Brückner, Eduard. “Rapport du président de la commission pour l’établissement d’une carte de la terre à l’échelle de 1:1,000,000.” In Report of the Sixth International Geographical Congress, Held in London, 1895. London: John Murray, 1896.
1920s
H[inks], A. R. “The I/Million Map of Spanish America.” The Geographical Journal 61 (May 1923): 369–371.
Kriegh, McK. W. “Preparation and Distribution of Maps.” The Military Engineer 15 (May–June 1923): 241–244.
Walker, Albert M. “The Military Map of the Future.” The Military Engineer 15 (Sept–Oct 1923): 391–397.
Davis, John W. “The Status of Military Mapping.” The Military Engineer 17 (July–Aug 1925): 292–294.
1930s
American Geographical Society. Istmo de Tehuantepec [map]. North America 1:1,000,000. Baltimore: A. Hoen, 1938.
Rand McNally Ready-Reference Atlas of the World. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1938.
The International 1:1,000,000 Map: Report for 1938. Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1939.
1940s
Hinks, A. R. “More World Maps on Oblique Mercator Projections.” The Geographical Journal 97 (Jun 1941).
“Treasures of Caucasus.” Life, 13 Oct 1941, 44.
“Alaska: U.S. Frontier Waits for War.” Life, 19 Jan 1942, 67.
Donoghue, John H. “Maps Must Be Made by the Millions.” The Military Engineer 34 (Sep 1942): 427–430.
Harrison, Richard Edes. “One World, One War” [map]. Fortune, Mar 1942.
“Maps: Global War Teaches Global Geography.” Life, 3 Aug 1942, 64.
Starkey, Otis P. “Maps are Liars.” New York Times Magazine, 11 Oct 1942.
“City’s Schools Will Use Flat ‘Globe’ Maps in Fall.” New York Times, 2 Aug 1943.
Donoghue, John H. “The Geography of Total War.” The Military Engineer 35 (July 1943).
Harrison, Richard Edes. “The War of the Maps.” Saturday Review of Literature 26 (7 Aug 1943).
United States Aeronautical Chart Service. Reconnaissance Mapping With Trimetrogon Photography. Washington, DC, 1943.
Willkie, Wendell. One World. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943.
Harrison, Richard Edes. Look at the World: The Fortune Atlas of World Strategy. New York: Knopf, 1944.
“Perspective Maps: Harrison Atlas Gives Fresh New Look to Old World.” Life, 28 Feb 1944.
Raisz, Erwin. Atlas of Global Geography. New York: Global Press Corp., 1944.
Ristow, Walter. “Air Age Geography: A Critical Appraisal and Bibliography.” Journal of Geography 43 (Dec 1944).
Van Zandt, J. Parker. The Geography of World Air Transport. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1944.
Dilloway, A. J. “Graphics of World Aviation.” Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 49 (1945).
Osterhout, Howard. “A Review of the Recent Chicago International Air Conference.” Virginia Law Review 31 (Mar 1945).
Smith, Paul A. “Surveying and Mapping at Civil Aviation Conference.” Surveying and Mapping (Apr 1945).
“Arms and the Map.” Print 4 (Spring 1946).
Gilfillan, S. C. “World Projections for the Air Age.” Surveying and Mapping (Jan–Mar 1946).
“The Map of Hispanic America on the Scale of 1:1,000,000.” Geographical Review 36 (Jan 1946).
United States Aeronautical Chart Service. Specifications for World Aeronautical Charts, 5th ed. Washington, DC: ACS, 1946.
United States Aeronautical Chart Service. Tehuantepec Isthmus [map]. 1:1,000,000. World Aeronautical Chart. Washington DC: ACS, 1946.
PICAO Monthly Bulletin, Mar 1947.
Skop, Jacob. “The New 1:250,000 Scale Map of the Army Map Service.” Surveying and Mapping (July–Dec 1947).
Davies, William E. “Axis War Maps.” Surveying and Mapping 8 (July–Sept 1948).
Proceedings of the International Civil Aviation Conference. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1948.
Stanley, Albert A. “Map Projections for Modern Charting.” The Military Engineer 40 (Feb 1948): 55–58.
Tischler, Sidney A. “Procedural Developments in Trimetrogon Compilation.” Photogrammetric Engineering 14 (Mar 1948).
International Civil Aviation Organization. International Standards and Recommended Practices: Aeronautical Charts: Annex 4 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Montreal: ICAO, various dates.
Rand McNally Cosmopolitan World Atlas. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1949.
Thomas, Ivor. “Civil Aviation: International Questions Outstanding.” International Affairs 25 (Jan 1949).
United Nations Department of Social Affairs. Modern Cartography: Base Maps for World Needs. Lake Success, NY: UN, 1949.
1950s
Comptes rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Lisbonne 1949, vol. 1. Lisbon: IGU, 1950.
Gaussen, Henri. “Projets pour diverses cartes du monde à 1/1.000.000. La Carte Ecologique du Tapis Végétal.” In Comptes rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Lisbonne 1949, vol. 1, 224–225. Lisbon: IGU, 1950.
Kay, John D. “Capsule Charts for Universal Navigation.” Navigation (US) 2 (Sept 1950).
Ladd, J. G. “Maps for Korea.” The Military Engineer 42 (Nov–Dec 1950): 448–450.
Ogilvie, A. G. “Project for international population map on a scale of 1:1.000.000.” In Comptes rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Lisbonne 1949, vol. 1, 267–268. Lisbon: IGU, 1950.
[Stamp, L. Dudley.] “A World Land Use Survey.” The Geographical Journal 115 (Apr–June 1950): 223–226.
Van Rossum Daum, M. “Global Maps Representing Reorientation of World Concepts.” In Comptes rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Lisbonne 1949. Lisbon: IGU, 1950.
Wright, John K. “Highlights in American cartography, 1939–1949.” In Comptes rendus du Congrès International de Géographie, Lisbonne 1949. Lisbon: IGU, 1950.
“Better Charts for High-Speed Avigation.” Research Reviews [ONR] (Dec 1951): 13–17.
International Civil Aviation Organization Aeronautical Charts Division. Report of the Fifth Session: Montreal, 9–29 October 1951. ICAO Doc 7222-MAP/567. Montreal: ICAO, 1951.
Peake, E. R. L. “The Activities of ICAO, With Particular Reference to Those of Its Map Division.” In Conference of British Commonwealth Survey Officers 1947: Report of Proceedings. London: HMSO, 1951.
Clough, A. B. Maps and Survey. London: War Office, 1952.
International Geographical Union Commission on World Land Use Survey. Report of the Commission on World Land Use Survey for the Period 1949–1952. Worcester: IGU, 1952.
International Geographical Union. Report of the Commission on the International Map of the World 1:1,000,000. New York: IGU and American Geographical Society, 1952.
Murray, John E. and Rolland H. Waters, “The Design of Aeronautical Charts II.” Navigation (US) 3 (Dec 1952).
Waters, Rolland H. and Edward W. Bishop, “The Design of Aeronautical Charts.” Navigation (US) 3 (Mar 1952).
Burton, Alfred H. Conquerors of the Airways: A Brief History of the USAF-ACIC and Aeronautical Charts. St. Louis: ACIC, 1953.
Finley, Cyrus G., Jr., “Military Topographic Maps of the Future.” Surveying and Mapping (Oct–Dec 1953).
Murray, John E. “An Evaluation of Two Experimental Charts as Navigational Aids to Jet Pilots.” Journal of Applied Psychology 37 (June 1953): 218–222.
Crawford, O. G. S. “Mapping the Roman Empire.” The Geographical Journal 20 (Sept 1954).
Schreiber, Robert J. “Psychologists Test Jet Charts.” Aviation Age 22 (Sept 1954): 70–73.
International Civil Aviation Organization. Aeronautical Chart Catalogue. Doc-7101. Montreal: ICAO, various dates.
International Geographical Union Commission on Inventory of World Land Use. Report of the Commission on Inventory of World Land Use. New York: IGU, 1956.
“Jet Navigation Charts.” Revista Cartográfica 5 (1956): 183–187.
Park, James R. “Aeronautical Charts: The Role of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Cartography.” Canadian Surveyor 13 (Jan 1956).
Herz, John H. “Rise and Demise of The Territorial State.” World Politics 9 (July 1957).
Philbrick, Richard W. “New Design Features for the World Aeronautical Chart.” Surveying and Mapping (July–Sept 1957).
Ristow, Walter. “Journalistic Cartography.” Surveying and Mapping (Oct–Dec 1957).
Davis, Lavoi B. “Design Criteria for Today’s Aeronautical Charts.” Surveying and Mapping (Jan–Mar 1958).
Philbrick, Richard W. “Charts for the Air Force.” Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division (Nov 1958).
Steel, Robert W. “The World Land Use Survey.” Nature 4645 (8 Nov 1958): 1285–1286.
Diercks, Frederick O. “The Role of the Topographic Map in the Missile Age.” Surveying and Mapping (Sept 1959).
Dornbach, John E. “Design Problems in Aeronautical Charting.” The Professional Geographer 11 (Mar 1959).
International Civil Aviation Organization Aeronautical Information Services and Aeronautical Charts Division. Report of the Meeting: Montreal, 28 April–25 May 1959. ICAO Doc 7993, AIS/MAP. Montreal: ICAO.
1960s
Küchler, A. W. “Vegetation Mapping in Africa.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 50 (Mar 1960).
Meine, Karl-Heinz. “Problems of Coordinating the IMW with the ICAO Series 1:1,000,000 and Prospective Considerations on Smaller Scales.” Informations Relative to Cartography and Geodesy, Series II: German Contributions in Foreign Languages 10 (1960).
Gardiner, R. A. “A Re-Appraisal of the International Map of the World (IMW) on the Millionth Scale.” Internationales Jahrbuch für Kartographie 1 (1961).
Sharp, Walter. Field Administration in the United Nations System. New York: Praeger, 1961.
Crone, G. R. “The Future of the International Million Map of the World.” The Geographical Journal 128 (Mar 1962).
“I. M. W. Conference, Bonn 1962.” The Geographical Journal 128 (Dec 1962): 563–564.
Knorr, H. “Ideas Concerning the Coordination of the International Map of the World and the World Aeronautical Chart 1:1,000,000.” Informations Relative to Cartography and Geodesy, Series II: German Contributions in Foreign Languages 12 (1962).
Meynen, Emil. International Bibliography of the “Carte Internationale du Monde au Millionième.” Bad Godesberg: Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumforschung, 1962.
[Meynen, E. and H. Schamp,] I M W / C. I. M. 1:1,000,000 Map Exhibition. Bad Godesberg: Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumforschung, 1962.
Miller, O. M. “Conference on Specification Revisions for the International Map of the World 1:1,000,000.” Geographical Review 53 (Jan 1963): 142–145.
Thrower, Norman J. W. “Anglo-American Population Map on the Scale of 1 to 1 Million.” Geografiska Annaler 45 (1963).
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. United Nations Technical Conference on the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale, 2 vols. New York: UN, 1963.
William-Olsson, W. “Data on Population Mapping from the Correspondence of the Commission.” Geografiska Annaler 45 (1963).
William-Olsson, W. “The Commission on a World Population Map: History, Activities and Recommendations.” Geografiska Annaler 45 (1963).
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1963. New York: UN, 1964.
Küchler, A. W. “An International Vegetation Map on the Millionth Scale.” Geographical Review 54 (July 1964).
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1964. New York: UN, 1965.
Robinson, Arthur. “The Future of the International Map.” Cartographic Journal 2 (June 1965).
Stamp, Dudley. “Ten Years On.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 40 (Dec 1966): 11–20.
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1966. New York: UN, 1967.
Johnson, James H. Review of population maps of Scotland and California. The Geographical Journal 133 (Dec 1967): 580–581.
Board, Christopher. “Land Use Surveys: Principles and Practice.” In Land Use and Resources: Studies in Applied Geography. London, Institute of British Geographers, 1968.
Boesch, Hans H. “The World Land Use Survey.” Internationales Jahrbuch für Kartographie 8 (1968).
Herz, John H. “The Territorial State Revisited: Reflections on the Future of the Nation-State.” Polity 1 (Autumn 1968).
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1967. New York: UN, 1968.
Nye, Joseph S. International Regionalism: Readings. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.
1970s
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1969. New York: UN, 1970.
Gardiner, R. A. “International Map of the World at 1:1,000,000.” The Geographical Journal 137 (Sept 1971).
Gardiner, R. A. “The International Map of the Roman Empire.” The Geographical Journal 139 (Feb 1973).
Gardiner, R. A. “The International Map of the World: Australia’s Contribution.” The Geographical Journal 140 (Feb 1974).
International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale: Report for 1973. New York: UN, 1974.
Henrikson, Alan. “The Map as an ‘Idea’: The Role of Cartographic Imagery During the Second World War.” The American Cartographer 2 (Apr 1975)
Drinkwater, J. F. Review of Tablua Imperii Romani sheet M31. Britannia 8 (1977): 466–468.
Castle, D. M. Review of the International Map of the World. The Geographical Journal 144 (Feb 1978): 520–521.
1980s
Freer, Duane W. “Chicago Conference (1944).” ICAO Bulletin (Sept 1986): 42–44.
Scharfe, Wolfgang. “Max Eckert’s ‘Kartenwissenschaft’: The Turning Point in German Cartography.” Imago Mundi 38 (1986).
Harley, J. B. “The Map and the Development of the History of Cartography.” In The History of Cartography, vol. 1, ed. J. B. Harley and David Woodward. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Harley, J. B. “Deconstructing the Map.” Cartographica 26 (Spring 1989): 1–20.
Mitchell, Bruce. Geography and Resource Analysis, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1989.
Turnbull, David. Maps are Territories. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993 [orig. 1989].
1990s
International Union of Academies. Tabula Imperii Romani: Hoja K-29Porto: Conimbriga, Bracara, Lucus, Astrurica. Madrid: Instituto Geográfico Nacional, 1991.
“Report of the Meeting of the United Nations Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale, 9–11 December 1986.” In Fourth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas, New York, 23–27 January 1989, vol. 2. New York: UN, 1992.
Wood, Denis with Jon Fels. The Power of Maps. New York: Guilford Press, 1992.
Edney, Matthew. “Cartography Without ‘Progress’: Reinterpreting the Nature and Historical Development of Mapmaking.” Cartographica 30 (Summer/Autumn 1993): 54–68.
Hobsbawm, Eric. The Age of Extremes. New York: Pantheon, 1994.
Tsafrir, Yoram et al. Tabula Imperii Romani: Iudaea-Palestina. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.
Weinberg, Gerhard. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Fawcett, Louise. “Regionalism in Historical Perspective.” In Regionalism in World Politics, ed. Louise Fawcett, Hurrell Fawcett, and Andrew Hurrell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
“Geographical New Names of Korean Cities on the International Map of the World.” Working Paper #11 for the Eighteenth Session of the UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names, 12–23 August 1996. Available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/18th-UNGEGN-Documents.htm.
Schulten, Susan. “Richard Edes Harrison and the Challenge to American Cartography.” Imago Mundi 50 (1998).
2000s
Clayton, Daniel. “On the Colonial Genealogy of George Vancouver’s Chart of the Northwest Coast of North America.” Ecumene 7 (2000).
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping. “Global Map Version 1.1 Specifications.” 16 Mar 2000. Available at http://www.iscgm.org.
Rhind, David. “Current Shortcomings of Global Mapping and the Creation of a New Geographical Framework for the World.” The Geographical Journal 166 (Dec 2000).
Harley, J. B. “Maps, Knowledge, and Power.” In The New Nature of Maps. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2001.
Schulten, Susan. The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880–1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Montello, Daniel R. “Cognitive Map-Design Research in the Twentieth Century: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches.” Cartography and Geographic Information Science 29 (2002).
Postnikov, Alexey V. “Maps for Ordinary Consumers versus Maps for the Military: Double Standards of Map Accuracy in Soviet Cartography, 1917–1991.” Cartography and Geographic Information Science 29 (2002).
Reynolds, David. In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War. London: Allen Lane, 2004.
Cosgrove, Denis. “Maps, Mapping, Modernity: Art and Cartography in the Twentieth Century.” Imago Mundi 57 (2005).
Pearson, Alastair, D. R. Fraser Taylor, Karen D. Kline, and Michael Heffernan, “Cartographic Ideals and Geopolitical Realities: International Maps of the World From the 1890s to the Present.” Canadian Geographer 50 (2006).
Edney, Matthew. “Recent Trends in the History of Cartography: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography to the English-Language Literature.” Version 2.1, CoordinatesB 6 (Apr 2007). Available at http://purl.oclc.org/coordinates/b6.htm.
Stone, Jeffrey. “Mapping the ‘Red Menace’: British and American News Maps in the Early Cold War Period, 1945 to 1955.” Ph.D. diss., University of Texas at Arlington, 2007.
Galison, Peter and Lorraine Daston, “Scientific Coordination as Ethos and Epistemology.” In Instruments in Art and Science, ed. Schramm et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Wood, Denis and John Krygier. “Critical Cartography.” In The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. New York: Elsevier, 2009.
Wood, Denis and John Krygier. “Protest Maps.” In The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. New York: Elsevier, 2009.
2010s
Edney, Matthew. “Cartography’s ‘Scientific Reformation’ and the Study of Topographical Mapping in the Modern Era.” In History of Cartography: International Symposium of the ICA Commission, 2010, ed. Elri Liebenberg and Imre Josef Demhardt. Berlin: Springer, 2012.
Brotton, Jerry. A History of the World in 12 Maps. Viking, 2013.
Van Vleck, Jenfier. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Cruickshank, John. “Military Mapping by Russia and the Soviet Union.” In Cartography in the Twentieth Century, ed. Mark Monmonier, 932–942. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.