Copyright and Cartography

History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge

Isabella Alexander (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

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Hart Publishing
27 July 2023

Legal history; Copyright law

This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, focusing chiefly on the 18th and 19th centuries.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach and making extensive use of the archival record, this is the first detailed, historical account of the relationship between maps and copyright. As such, it examines how the emergence and development of copyright law affected mapmakers and the map trade and how the application of copyright law to the field of mapmaking affected the development of copyright doctrine. Its explorations cast new light on the circulation of geographical knowledge, different cultures of authorship and creativity, and connections between copyright law, print culture, technology, and society.

The book will be of interest to legal historians, intellectual property scholars, and historians of the map and print culture, as well as those interested in the history of knowledge and how legal control over data has been exerted over time. It takes the reader back to the earliest attempts to establish who can own and control geographical information and its graphic representation in the form of a map. In so doing, it establishes a long history of tension between the interests of private enterprise, government, and the public. The book’s investigations end in the first decades of the 20th century, but the tensions it identifies persist in the 21st century, although today paper maps have been largely replaced by web-based mapping platforms and digital geospatial data.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Australian Research Council.

By: Isabella Alexander (University of Technology Sydney Australia)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781509958337
ISBN 10: 1509958339
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 27 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Early Encounters: Protecting Maps and Atlases 1500-1700 3. Enlightenment Mapmaking and Law-Making Part 1: Legislation 4. Enlightenment Mapmaking and Law-Making Part 2: Litigation 5. Legal Highways and Byways: Road Books in Court 6. Public Surveys, National Maps: The Rise of the Ordnance Survey 7. Shipwrecks and Copyrights: Hydrographic Information and the UK Hydrographic Office 8. ‘A Painted Assemblage of Facts’: Private Mapmaking in the Nineteenth Century 9. The Twentieth Century: For Crown and Country 10. Conclusion

Isabella Alexander is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Reviews for Copyright and Cartography: History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge

This work is a stellar example of law in context… it is thought-provoking and enriching and beautifully written and presented. * The Honourable Justice Mark Leeming, Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales * The book is an important contribution to the history of cartography. * IMCoS Map Journal * Some people are gifted with the ability to make any topic interesting (there are also those who have the opposite skill, of course!): Alexander is one for the former. * The IPKat *