For over 500 years, America has been defined through maps. Whether handmaidens of diplomacy, tools of statecraft, instruments of social reform, or advertisements, these sources record efforts to make sense of the world. They invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form and in the process reflect decisions about how the world ought to be seen.
Above all, maps provide reminders that the past is not just a chronological story, but also a spatial one. For these reasons, maps offer unique windows onto the past. Join Susan Schulten, an author and distinguished university professor of history at the University of Denver, as she explores some of the maps and stories that tell the story of American history.
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