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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today

Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today

Harper, Tom
Dykes, Nick
Peszko, Magdalena

Hardcover

CartographyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $39.00

ISBN10: 0226846164
ISBN13: 9780226846163
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Nov 24 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 3.73
Height: 1.16 Width: 8.96 Depth: 11.21
Language: English

An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries.

Is there anything more intriguing than a secret map? One that reveals clandestine information or meanings, or a map that is itself a secret? Secret Maps features over one hundred examples of these kinds of maps, connected by their varied relationships to secrecy, and ranging from the twelfth to the twenty-first centuries and across the globe. They include views into state secrecy and power--such as maps used for domestic and military purposes, imperial expansion, espionage, and surveillance as well as those with private or commercial uses, such as charts of private land, trade routes, or the flights of private jets. The maps span widely in their scope and cover issues of broad interest, from old-fashioned spying to contemporary concerns about technology and privacy.

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