Look But Don’t Touch: Tactile Illusions on Maps March 5, 2020 1 minute read A history of cartographers toying with the relationship between touch and sight. Originally published by the Harvard Map Collection, republished with embed permission for educational, non-commercial purposes. About the Author Matthew McIntosh Administrator Visit Website View All Posts What do you feel about this? 0% Love 0% Funny 0% Wow 0% Sad 0% Angry Post navigation Previous: When Department Stores Were More than Just Stores in AustraliaNext: Where Disaster Strikes: Modern Space and the Visualization of Destruction Related Stories Replaceable Lives: Labor, Exploitation, and Human Cost in Americaโs Gilded Age December 22, 2025 Surviving the Great Depression: How Americaโs Poorest Endured Economic Collapse December 22, 2025 Discipline and Fear: Why Ancient Sparta Was a Dystopian Society December 19, 2025