This chapter assesses the effects of the growing imperial involvement in the region on the cartographic production of the 1870s and 1880s. It describes how the biblically tinged Orientalism of the mid-Victorian era was eventually challenged by new conceptualizations. It shows how the confrontation with distant lands and the empire profoundly changed the way British people located themselves in the world. It also analyzes how representations of the region were shaped by innovative printing processes and mapmaking techniques. In doing so, it demonstrates that cartography was progressively exported out of its context of origin to become a widespread type of illustration.