Deorbiting the oikoumene
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The immersive point of view of itinerary maps like this one by Matthew Paris (made in the 1250s, now British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I) made cartography personally relevant.
Cartography is a cultural miracle. That we should have developed a ‘map consciousness’ was never in the books, never inscribed in the human way of seeing things. And maybe maps a…
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