For his book on key figures in the history of globalization, Professor Garten needed simple, easy-to-decipher illustrations ranging from trade routes under the post-Genghis Khan Mongolian rule to transoceanic telegraph cables in 1900. Seventeen maps in all were created, in a uniform style matching the clean style of the book design. Besides map production, which was based in part on work by a previous cartographer, I ended up researching data sources on some maps—the Mongolian and telegraph cable maps in particular needed to be sourced.

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