# The History of Cartography #cartography #books #en-lang ![](files/History-of-Cartography.png) The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken” is free online. > [!links] > > - [Entry by Josh Jones in Open Culture](http://www.openculture.com/2018/08/free-download-the-history-of-cartography.html) > - The History of Cartography in [The University of Chicago Press](https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html) ## The History of Cartography, Volume 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean **J. B. Harley and David Woodward (Eds.)** > [!Docs] > > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 1.pdf]] > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 2.pdf]] > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 3.pdf]] > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 4.pdf]] > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 5.pdf]] > - [[History of Cartography vol. 1 - Part 6.pdf]] > - [History of Cartography vol. 1.pdf](https://www.dropbox.com/s/77zoljlycpbxi4s/History%20of%20Cartography%20vol.%201.pdf?dl=0) (174 mb) > > ![[../../../Docs/Icons/lucide-link.svg#icon]] [University of Chicago: History of Cartography](https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html) (Volumes One, Two, and Three) ![[files/HoC01.png]]