Spatial history - and spatial narratives - result from the movement of human beings, goods, animals, water, trees, germs, etc., through space and over time. Imagine the accrual of urban commute patterns or the passage of travelers through immigration control at an international airport. They can occur at any scale, from a domestic interior to an entire continent, over any amount of time. The key is that in this context 1) location is more than backdrop, and 2) movement, precisely because it makes possible a whole range of interactions and exchanges, gives location meaning. To a certain extent, mapping history simply requires a new, more systematic attentiveness to the significance of location.
What might we learn by unpacking the spatial structure of a region?
What is revealed by its constituent parts, and by the connections that bind them together?