TELL THE STORY OF NORTH AMERICA. AT THE LEVENTHAL MAP CENTER. INSIDE THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. THAT STORY STRETCHES BACK CENTURIES. MAPS AREN’T JUST STATIC DEPICTIONS OF THE WAY THE WORLD IS, BUT ...

In an era when Google Maps is regarded as a standard convenience, this history of 12 epoch-defining maps—including Google’s—is a revelation. Renaissance scholar Brotton examines a cross-cultural ...