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Reviews

The Spectator (Simon Winchester): The cartographer’s power to decide the fate of millions. Link.

Publishers Weekly Starred Review: The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress. Link.

Kirkus Reviews: The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress. Link.

All About History: Amazing Gifts for History Lovers. Link

Airmail Magazine: Recommended: The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

Midwest Book Review: The Cartography Shelf. Link.

Manhattan Book Review: The Library of Losts Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress. Link.

Fine Books Magazine: January Books Round Up. Link.

Decatur Daily: “Lost Maps” leads to other documentation. Link.

The Map Room Blog: The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

Cartographic Perspectives: Review of The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

Washington Independent Review of Books: The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

UCL Alumni Magazine – The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

UCL News – Rediscovering the treasures of the UCL Map Library. Link.

Radio 4 Start the Week: Maps – lost, secret and revealing. BBC Sounds.

London Uncovered: Bloomsbury’s Library of Lost Maps. BBC Sounds.

Radio London Robert Elms Show: BBC Sounds (from 1 hr 37 mins).

BBC World Service Weekend: BBC Sounds (from 43 mins).

History Shorts: When maps cease being tools they become narratives. Link.

Academic Life (New Books Network): The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

Geomob (with Steven Feldman): Link.

Geographical Thinking: Exploring The Library of Lost Maps. Link.

The Conversation: The cold war maps that can help us rethink today’s Arctic conflict. Link.

Financial Times: The trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on an illusion. Link.

Financial Times: How map a fractured world. Link.

Literary Hub: Where Time and Space Collide: In Praise of Old Maps. Link.