Globalizing Cartography? The International Map of the World, The International Geographical Union, and the United Nations
(2014)
Journal Article
Heffernan, M., & Pearson, A. (2014). Globalizing Cartography? The International Map of the World, The International Geographical Union, and the United Nations. Imago Mundi, 67(1), 58-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085694.2015.974956
Few maps mirror the history of the twentieth century as closely as the International Map of the World (IMW). A proposal for a map of the entire globe on a scale of 1:1 million, using standard conventional signs, was presented at the Fifth Internation... Read More about Globalizing Cartography? The International Map of the World, The International Geographical Union, and the United Nations.