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The Washington Post
“America’s maps are still filled with racist place names.”
Monday, September 28, 2020, By Lily Datz
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was cited in The Washington Post opinion article “America’s maps are still filled with racist place names.” Monmonier, an expert on the history of cartography and map…
National Geographic
Prof. Monmonier Examines Map Inventions in New Book
Tuesday, August 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman
Geography Professor Mark Monmonier of the Maxwell School was heavily featured in the National Geographic article, “These are the Cleverest, Weirdest, Mapping Ideas Ever Patented.” Monmonier uncovered and engaged with over 300 map-related patents for his new book, “Patents and…