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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.

A Life in Maps: Leo Bagrow, Imago Mundi, and the History of Cartography in the Early Twentieth Century (2014)
Journal Article
Heffernan, M., & Delano-Smith, C. (2014). A Life in Maps: Leo Bagrow, Imago Mundi, and the History of Cartography in the Early Twentieth Century. Imago Mundi, 66(Supplement 1), 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085694.2014.947850

This essay provides a critical commentary on the life of Leo Bagrow (1881–1957), the founding editor of Imago Mundi, drawing on previously unused correspondence from the journal’s archive, recently catalogued by the British Library in London. Bagrow’... Read More about A Life in Maps: Leo Bagrow, Imago Mundi, and the History of Cartography in the Early Twentieth Century.