Ernesto Capello (2020): Mapping Mountains. Brill: Boston, Leiden.
Mountains appear in the oldest known maps yet their representation has proven a notoriously difficult challenge for map makers. In this essay, Ernesto Capello surveys the broad history of relief representation in cartography with an emphasis on the allegorical, commercial and political uses of mapping mountains. After an initial overview and critique of the traditional… Read More Ernesto Capello (2020): Mapping Mountains. Brill: Boston, Leiden.