Editing Cartography (section)

===Age of Enlightenment===
[[File:Nova totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula (Hendrik Hondius) balanced.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Double hemisphere map by [[Henricus Hondius II|Hendrik Hondius]], 1630]]

Maps of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment period]] practically universally used copper plate intaglio, having abandoned the fragile, coarse woodcut technology. Use of map projections evolved, with the double hemisphere being very common and Mercator's prestigious navigational projection gradually making more appearances.

Due to the paucity of information and the immense difficulty of surveying during the period, mapmakers frequently plagiarized material without giving credit to the original cartographer. For example, a famous map of North America known as the "Beaver Map" was published in 1715 by [[Herman Moll]]. This map is a close reproduction of a 1698 work by [[Nicolas de Fer]]. De Fer, in turn, had copied images that were first printed in books by [[Louis Hennepin]], published in 1697, and François Du Creux, in 1664. By the late 18th century, mapmakers often credited the original publisher with something along the lines of, "After [the original cartographer]" in the map's title or [[Cartouche (cartography)|cartouche]].<ref>"Map Imitation" in [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/forgery/002035-3000-e.html Detecting the Truth: Fakes, Forgeries and Trickery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024140427/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/forgery/002035-3000-e.html |date=2018-10-24 }}, a virtual museum exhibition at Library and Archives Canada</ref>