The Bewildering World of William De Brahm: An Eighteenth-Century Map Maker Surveys the End of Time

William De Brahm first rose to prominence in the 1750s as a scientific cartographer in southeastern North America. By the 1790s, he had become a mystical prophet, using his religious works as a means to criticize the imperialist tendencies of the century. Studying his written geographical work reveals a surprising continuity between these two careers. Understanding this continuity also helps to shed new light on the relationship between imperialism, science, cartography, and religion.