Cartography: The Ideal and Its History, by Matthew H. Edney Book of the week: Jerry Brotton is enthralled by a book that seeks to overturn just about everything we think we know about maps By Jerry Brotton 18 July
The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World, by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton By Jerry Brotton 7 December
