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Maps: The known journeys of James Holman
The first edition of A Sense of the World contained twenty period illustrations, but no maps. This was my fault: I didn't know that commissioning cartography was the responsibility of the author, and that I should have set those particular gears in motion months earlier. I drew up a set of maps myself, and they've since been included in subsequent editions.
(click on an image to open the corresponding full map in a new window)
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The Undrawn Fourth Map: 1833-1857
A vast portion of Holman's travels cannot be charted, as his particular routes have not been recorded in surviving documents. However, much of the latter part of his life was spent in almost constant motion. As I state in A Sense of the World, "One must take a map of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and reduce it to a mass of scribbles." For a textual catalog of his destinations during this period, please see Documentation.
text copyright © 2006-7, Jason Roberts