Listening to the Wind

A mapmaker's vivid journey through the geography, ecology, and history of Ireland's Connemara region.

Here is Connemara, experienced at a walker's pace. From cartographer Tim Robinson comes the second title in the Seedbank series, a breathtakingly intimate exploration of one beloved place's geography, ecology, and history.

We begin with the earth right in front of his boots, as Robinson unveils swaths of fiontarnach-fall leaf decay. We peer from the edge of the cliff where Robinson's house...