Author: Michael Sauter (University of Suffolk)

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2026

The Cartographic Fool uncovers the story of the “Fool’s Cap Map,” an engraving published ca. 1595 in Antwerp. Placing it in northern Europe during the Wars of Religion, the book identifies its maker, Philips Galle, restores its title, Nosce Te Ipsum (“Know Thyself”), and explains its motifs as a brief Catholic response to the Reformed Church’s embrace of global maps.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: British Melancholy
Chapter 1 – German Satire
Chapter 2 – Dutch Tragedy
Chapter 3 – French Folly
Chapter 4 – Reformed Vision
Chapter 5 – Catholic Eyes
Conclusion: Philosophers’ Frame
Bibliography
Artwork Referenced
Maps Referenced
Index

Source: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111138282/