HIST 2212

Maps in World History

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Course Description

Discipline(s): Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry / Historical Perspectives

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the history of cartography that ranges across the globe from oldest surviving images of pre-history to GIS systems of the present day. It approaches map history from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including the history of science, the history of cartography, critical theory and literary studies, anthropology, historical geography, and spatial cognition and wayfinding.


  • S. Edelson

     Rating

    3.53

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

     Sections

    1

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

  • Matthew LaRoche

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    3

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025