The Mapmakers of New Zion: A Cartographic History of Mormonism

From their earliest days on the American frontier through their growth into a worldwide church, the spatially expansive Mormons made maps to help them create idealized communities, migrate to and colonize large parts of the American West, visualize the stories in their sacred texts, and spread their message internationally through a well—organized missionary system. This book identifies many Mormon mapmakers who played an important but heretofore unsung role in charting the course of Latter...