May 21, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

HIS 3372 - History of Cartography


3 Credits

This course examines how mapping is an art, a science, and a cultural practice. In effect, by integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess the cartographic history of human representations of space across cultural boundaries until the late nineteenth century. Particular attention will address the evolving relationship between cartography and notions of power, processes by which mapping promoted revolutionary new understandings and applications of geographic information in history.