‘Map : Exploring the World,’ ‘The Curious Map Book’ and More - The New York Times
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Maps can solidify national identity, expose societal problems, illuminate trends and whip up jingoistic emotions in wartime. “The map as a concept is complex and ever changing,” the Library of Congress cartography expert John Hessler writes in his introduction to “Map: Exploring the World.” But “it is the cartographic image’s intricate and abstract visual element that is the locus of its strength and lasting appeal.”