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2 months ago | 
cosmographia.substack.com | M. Rothwell |Niall Ferguson
Welcome to Cosmographia. This post is part of our Cartography of Networks series. For the full map of posts, see here. In his book The Square and the Tower (2017), the historian pits hierarchies against networks: two forms of social organisation, one vertical, centralised, tyrannical; the other horizontal, democratised, anarchical.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
cosmographia.substack.com | M. Rothwell |Peter Frankopan
Welcome to Cosmographia — a newsletter dedicated to exploring the world and our place in it. For the full map of Cosmographia posts, see here. As one of the world’s leading historians, Professor need…
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
cosmographia.substack.com | M. Rothwell |Miguel Alvarez |Miguel Álvarez
Welcome to Cosmographia — a newsletter dedicated to exploring the world and our place in it. For the full map of Cosmographia posts, see here. Earlier this year, I shared some photographs from the incredible “Les Archives de la Planète.” From the original post:It is a preposterous endeavour, to attempt to document the entire world, but that is exactly what Albert Kahn tried to do. Born in 1860, the French Jewish merchant was both a pacifist and an internationalist.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
on.substack.com | Sharon McMahon |Chamath Palihapitiya |M. Rothwell |Viv Chen
Notes is the best way to reach new audiences within the Substack app. When you share short-form posts, images, and videos on Notes, they land on the home feed of your subscribers, followers, and the broader Substack network. Here, you can experiment with new ideas, share what you’re reading, and get to know other publishers. Writers and creators who post three or more thoughtful notes during the week they launch their Substack gain 50% more total subscribers than those who don’t.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
booksthatmadeus.substack.com | Hoang Samuelson |M. Rothwell
Salutations, bibliophiles. Today, I’m very excited to bring you . Hoang writes , where she shares stories that illuminate her experience as a village girl who had (and still do) big dreams, through the lens of food, family, books, and experiences. Here, she shares the story of the book that made her — White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. — “How far would you go to achieve your dreams?” is a question that lingered in my mind after reading The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |M. Rothwell |Rebecca Holden
In this article I include a sort of travel diary, a restaurant review, several music videos, and another glimpse inside Freedman Towers. To support my work and save me from having to get a proper job or go out busking, please upgrade to a paid subscription. Greetings!Today’s Start the Week contains all the stuff I mentioned above, rendering this paragraph entirely pointless.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
merothwell.com | M. Rothwell
“Cosmographia is a fascinating tour of the globe through history, literature, art, cartography, and the personal experiences of M. E. Rothwell. Each edition holds some little-known treasure--you will learn and be delighted along the way! ”
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
elysian.press | M. Rothwell |Elle Griffin
This is a guest post by , author of , about the maps illustrating utopian worlds. I’ll be back next week!— “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not even worth glancing at…” – Oscar WildeHi 👋🏻 I’m . I write , where I share tales of the faraway. I also have a bit of an obsession with old maps. The other day, I was rooting around in an antique maps and prints shop in Edinburgh, as you do, and came across a chart entitled "Accurata Utopiae tabula" — An Accurate Map of Utopia (1720).
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
garethlpowell.substack.com | Gareth Powell |M. Rothwell
Greetings, my fellow literature-lovers!Today, I’m hugely excited to bring you the one and only, !Gareth is the award-winning author of 20 books — these have been adapted for TV, nominated (and won) many awards, and have been translated into no less than eleven languages! Readers of are privy to his expert advice on writing, publishing, and the secrets to building a career in fiction, as well as keeping up to date with all his publishing news.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
merothwell.com | M. Rothwell
Named after Bruce Chatwin’s beloved moleskine notebooks, in these posts I share an artwork, a poem, a literature excerpt, an antique map, and some photography - all centred on a particular place. La Habana is the capital, largest city, and foremost port of Cuba. Founded in 1514 by Spanish conquistador and first governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez, the city was originally christened San Cristóbal de la Habana.
