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Unruly Folded Sheets: The Chaos of Early Modern Maps
Original: Unruly Folded Sheets
Literary Review carries an essay titled 'Unruly Folded Sheets', an ironic nod to the folded maps and plates of early printed atlases. The piece explores how early cartographers and printers grappled with unwieldy sheet formats, misfolds, and the sheer physical difficulty of producing accurate geographical works in an age of expanding global exploration.
Why now: Readers are drawn to the vivid history of how early mapmakers handled the physical chaos of printed geography.
Literary Reviewearly modern cartographersAndré Thevet
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