Preface 7
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction II
I The Early Mapmakers 16
Map According to Ptolemy's Projection 20
The Peutinger Table 26
The Psalter 32
The Pilgrimage Route to Canterbury and Beyond 38
Chertsey Abbey Lands 44
2 The Quest for Riches 50
The City of Tenochtitlan 54
The Coastline of West Africa 60
The Colony of Virginia 66
The Spice Islands 72
The East Coast of Australia 78
3 Challenging Perceptions 84
The British Colonies in North America 88
The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India 94
Life and Labor of the People in London 100
The Highways of Empire 106
London Underground 112
4 Winning the Day 118
The Battle of Culloden 122
The Battle of Waterloo 128
The American Civil War 134
The Battle of Mons 140
D-Day 146
5 Fantasy and Fantastical 152
Southern England from the Poly Othion 156
Leo Belgicus 162 The Island of California 168
The Garden of Eden 174
The Great River of Australia 180
Exploring Further 187
Map and Picture Sources 190
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