Map

A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. Most usually a map is a two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation of a three-dimensional space. The science and art of map-making is cartography.

References

• David Buisseret, ed., Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992,
• Miles Harvey, The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime. New York : Random House, 2000.
• Mark Monmonier, How to Lie with Maps,
• O'Connor, J.J. and E.F. Robertson, The History of Cartography. Scotland : St. Andrews University, 2002. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Cartography.html