Rare is the text that would not benefit from an accompanying illustration. Whether you are writing a book, an article or a thesis, a picture can help to put your arguments in context. Of course, it is only people of the highest calibre who are reading your work, and you probably think that these are not the type who need the pill sugar-coating. Indeed, you may think they'll take a dim view of any attempt to facilitate understanding by graphical means. You would be wrong, however. Research shows that even Nobel laureates breathe a sigh of relief when they turn to an illustrated page. I draw maps for academics and other disadvantaged minorities. If you think your writing might need a map, or even a cartoon, I'd be delighted to discuss it with you. Click here to read a bit about the process.

(Scroll down for information about the maps in the slideshow)

	Map for '"Red Lines on Maps" Revisited: The Role of Maps in Negotiating and Defending the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty' by John P. Dunbabin. (Imago Mundi 63:1, 2011)
	Map for 'AFRO-EUROPEAN TRADE IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD: The Western Slave Coast, c. 1550- c. 1885' by Silke Strickrodt. (James Currey 2015)
	Map for 'AFRO-EUROPEAN TRADE IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD: The Western Slave Coast, c. 1550- c. 1885' by Silke Strickrodt. (James Currey 2015)
	Map for 'The Patterns and Meaning of a Great Lake in West Africa by Gerald J. Rizzo. (Imago Mundi 58:1, 2006)
	Map for 'The Ebstorf Mappamundi and Gervase of Tilbury: The Controversy Revisited' by Armin Wolf. (Imago Mundi, 64:1, 2012)
	Map drawn for Lynne Walker and Elizabeth Darling, showing London addresses important to the Women's movement in the first half of the 20th century. (For lecture slide)
	Faith Map of London
	Map for 'Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century' by Ian Brown. (Cambridge University Press 2013)
	Map for 'The Late Sasanian Army' by James Howard-Johnston; From 'Late Antiquity: Eastern Perspectives' edited by Teresa Bernheimer and Adam Silverstein. (The Gibb Memorial Trust 2012)
	Map for 'The 'Alids: The First Family of Islam, 750-1200' By Teresa Bernheimer. (Edinburgh University Press, 2013)
	Map for 'Cartography, autocracy and state powerlessness: The uses of maps in early modern Russia' by Valerie A. Kivelson. (Imago Mundi, 51:1, 1999)
	Map for 'Christopher Saxton's Last Maps: Nichol Forest and the Debatable Land, 1607' by William D. Shannon. (Imago Mundi, 68:1, 2016)
	Map of Late Ottoman Empire for Philipp Wirtz (yet to be published)