03 · Atlas
Historical Maps as Evidence
Maps are not decoration here. Each map is treated as an evidence-object showing the spatial skeleton, period perspective, and power lines of a claim.
1885
1885 · The Great Game
This map shows Afghanistan’s position between British India and Russian Central Asia.
1886
1886 · Imperial Maritime Network
A late Victorian example of cartography showing how the British Empire positioned itself on a global scale in the late nineteenth century.
1886
1886 · The Eastern Question
Published by Edward Stanford, this map spatially presents the balance of power known in the late nineteenth century as the “Eastern Question.”
1899
1899 · China and the East Indies
This map shows how China, the East Indies, and the surrounding maritime zones were represented within Western publishing and commercial geography at the end of the nineteenth century.
1904
1904 · Heartland Thesis
Mackinder’s Heartland map is one of the classic geopolitical schemes that interpreted the inner landmass of Eurasia as a central strategic zone in world politics.
1916
1916 · Secret Partition Map
The Sykes–Picot map shows how the post-Ottoman Middle East was imagined during the First World War through British and French zones of influence.
1962
1962 · Nuclear Range Map
This range map, used during the Cuban Missile Crisis, shows which parts of the United States could be reached by Soviet missiles launched from Cuba.
1968
1968 · War Plan Against NATO
This map is an example of military planning logic concerning the Central European front during the Cold War.