This volume summarizes the lectures by David Woodward, Ph.D., Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, by Catherine Delano-Smith, a researcher at the Institute of Historical Research and editor of the publication Imago Mundi. The International Journal for the History of Cartography, and Cordell D. K. Yee, Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, to celebrate the eleventh course on history of cartography dedicated to Approaches and challenges in a worldwide history of cartography.

Topics covered are:

• Introducció / Introduction.
• Els mapes com a instruments / Maps as artifacts.
• Els mapes com a imatges / Maps as images.
• Els mapes com a documents i textos socials / Maps as documents and social texts.
• Conclusions: Punts de coincidència, punts de vista, objectius de futur / Conclusions: Points of correspondence, viewpoints, challenges for the future.