Abstract
The connected subject of maps and mapping discussed in this chapter are viewed through the lens of two types of geographic imagination, which use what David Matless describes as ‘outlook geography’ (leading to belonging and citizenship) and Mary Louise Pratt describes as the ‘monarch-of-all-I-survey’ scene (resulting in a ‘fantasy of dominance’).1 Here the terms ‘regional geographic imagination’ and ‘imperial geographic imagination’ are used to distinguish between the two. Both featured prominently in children’s books and as a result we see children’s literature overtly exploring the major issues and complexities that shaped British attitudes towards exploration and geography in the early twentieth century.
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