Why Give?

Please consider supporting the History of Cartography Project.

Reference Map of France, ca. 1610 (fig. 48.1), Volume 3, Cartography in the European Renaissance.

By making a donation, you will have a direct impact on our work. We are making a final push to complete the series, and private gifts are more essential to the Project’s funding structure than ever. We are grateful to our supporters, and we aim to acknowledge every donor in our published volumes (learn more about acknowledgment).

Your gifts will help us complete the series by publishing Volume Five, Cartography in the Nineteenth Century. Our goal is to submit the Volume Five manuscript to Press in July 2025, work carefully through the stages of production, and publish in summer 2027. This will complete the History of Cartography series and bring the History of Cartography Project to a close.
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Your gift makes a difference in two key ways. Donations are essential to:
  • cover the cost of final preparation and assembly in the months leading up manuscript submission, and
  • support a significantly reduced but experienced staff during press production.

Why give? Want more detail? “The Road to Publication” is a brief, four-step summary that identifies specific tasks your donations will support before and after submission. For an interesting read and to understand why donations are still so critical (and why we expect publication to follow two years from submission), check out “What Does it Mean to Send the Volume Five Manuscript to Press?”.

Thank you for your support. Creation of the original line drawing for Volume Three shown above was made possible by gifts from friends like you. It is an example of how gifts improve the series as a resource. Donations do indeed make a difference. Thank you.

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Learn more about acknowledgment

A note about acknowledgement as we prepare our final volume: We must set a cut-off date to recognize our donors for Volume Five so we can prepare front matter for the book and send the manuscript to press. We guarantee that gifts or pledges received by February 28, 2025, will be recognized on the financial support pages.

Gifts are tax deductible. Our fundraising partner, the University of Wisconsin Foundation, is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.