Python Data Science Handbook- Chapter 4 VanderPlas, J. (2017). Python Data Science Handbook. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, Inc., Ch. 4 (‘Customizing Matplotlib’ - ‘Geographic Data with Basemap’)
This open-source textbook instructs the student on “doing data science” with python, it provides easy to follow code examples and real-world applications for the cross-disciplinary set of skills that are becoming increasingly important in many applications across industry and academia.