From dougsims1945 at yahoo.com  Sun Oct  8 03:02:39 2017
From: dougsims1945 at yahoo.com (Douglas Sims)
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 01:02:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ISHMap-List] Bibliographia Cartographica,
 a bibliographical source for map historians
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? ?Dear ISHMappers, ? From time to time during the last year or so I have casually broached to other historians of cartography the subject of the bibliographical resources available to us in our field. Virtually all know Nick Millea's biannual "Bibliography" in 'Imago Mundi", which bibliography continued that of Francis Herbert in the year 2005. A lesser, but nevertheless notable number of persons were also aware of Joel Kovarsky triannual bibliography "Recent Publications" in the journal of the Washington Map Society, 'The Portolan', continuing Eric W. Wolf's compilation since 2007.
 But few were aware of the very substantial history of cartography sections in the 'Bibliographia Cartographica.' This annual periodical began in 1974, replacing and continuing its predecessor, the 'Bibliotheca Cartographica', produced, in the main, by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The bibliography is impressively thorough, including within it citations from a very wide variety of sources. It is not possible to name all the sources, but they include much more than the citations in 162 periodicals which are regularly indexed annually. There seems to me to be little or no bias towards German language publications. The bibliography is broken into 15 main sections, some of them having subb-sections, and we find a very substantial coverage for the history of cartography. For example, in volume 27 (2000), we find:under the section A.1 History of Cartography: General Features, entries 0078-137 (59 citations);under the section A.2 Regional History of Cartography [broken into regional sub-sections], entries 0138-0412 (274 citations),under the section A.3 Epochs of the History of Cartography, entries 0413-0461 (48 citations)This is 381 citations, and there is considerably more under some sections not specifically designated as falling under the history of cartography. For example, section C, Biographical Aspects of Cartography, consists mainly of works which are directly relevant to the history of cartography, and contains entries 0462-0585 (123 citations). With the 381 citations above, we have 504 citations, and there are still several other main sections containing items of interest to cartohistorians. It is true that there is some duplication between citations in the various sections, but the amount of such duplication is not very large.
 In 2007, the bibliography became available as either a print source or an online source. This continued until 2013. Since then, it has been an online source only, regularly updated as the compilers become aware of new citations. It is open to the public, with no login, password, username, etc. required (How many sites requiring these vexing code-words do not really need them?). Simply Google [bibliographia cartographica] (easier than the URL), and there you are.
 The Internet site tells us that all the citations from 2007 to 2011 are now incorporated into the single ongoing online variant. But, although no specific comment is made to the effect, much from still earlier years of the bibliography have now been added in. This is clear from the following. 
The online bibliography allows for searches of all kinds (author, title, subject, and much more, including Boolean searches) to be made. The old printed volumes did have thorough indexes, but they were good for only one volume, and much less convennient. We shall take [Abraham Ortelius] as an example. If we enter him in the bibliography's search engine, we get 73 hits. But they do not all fall in the interval 2007-2017. There are a very good number going all the way back to 1991!
 This implies that, over time, the compilers may intend to incorporate all previous material into the single online searchable bibliography. But the informational notices at the site do not mention such an intention, although we know from the Ortelius example (and other examples, in general), that entries much farther bach than 2007 have been made. 
The compilers may be having difficulty deciding how to handle the question of adding previous citations to the bibliography. It may be perplexing to decide upon a cut-off point. As said above, the Bibliographia Cartographica was preceded by the Bibliotheca Cartographica, which began in 1954, and also had history of cartography sections. But, besides this, there was an unbroken production in Germany from 1954 back well into the 19th century of annual bibliographies which contained many citations on the history of cartography. On these older resopurces, see the little essay at the Bibliographia Cartographica site "Ueber die Bibliographia Cartographica", unfortunately lacking an English translation. Should all of these citations, from the very beginning in the 19th century, be ultimately incorporated into the present bibliography? It is not for me to give an opinion on this. 
However all of this may be, it is certain that the bibliography as it stands now, is a major bibliographical source, one that includes exctensive and simple search possibilities, and would be of much usefulness to the many cartohistorians who are uinaware of it.?Doug ?Douglas W Sims3516A Bayview AvenueBrooklyn, New York 11224?1-718-891-6684?dougsims1945 at yahoo.com
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From dougsims1945 at yahoo.com  Mon Oct  9 02:43:48 2017
From: dougsims1945 at yahoo.com (Douglas Sims)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 00:43:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [ISHMap-List] Marica Milanesi's 'Vincenzo Coronelli'
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? September 8, 2017?Dear ISHMappers,? Richard Pflederer has recently published, in volume 99 (Fall 2017) of 'The Portolan-Journal of the Washington Map Society', a lengthy and very positive review of Marica Milanesi's 2016 book 'Vincenzo Coronelli, Cosmographer (1650-1718)', a superb work with more than two decades of research behind it. I have only one fact to add to Pflederer's review, which fact is, I think, of much importance. Professor Milanesi's work is the only full-length treatment of Coronelli ever to appear in English; furthermore, if I not err, it is the lengthiest and most comprehensive general work on Coronelli published up to now in any language, Italian not excluded. This knowledge much increases the importance of Milanesi's book to scholars and institutions, especially taken together with Pflederer's glowing assessment.? I might take this opportunity to mention my own work, on Giacomo Gastaldi, which I expect to complete within a half-year. It is also the product of more than twenty years of research, and will also be the first ever full-length treatment of its subject. Recently, my prospective publisher of 12 years and I have amicably parted company. Not being a denizen of Academia, this leaves me without a guiding hand in such matters as book layout and publishing. I would be most grateful to anyone who could provide me with information steering me in the right direction in these matters.? Sincerely and, in advance, gratefully,?Doug??Douglas W Sims3516A Bayview AvenueBrooklyn, New York, 11224 U.S.A.?1-718-891-66841-347-554-0230 (cell)?dougsims1945 at yahoo.com
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From lorraine.sherry at comcast.net  Mon Oct  9 21:51:36 2017
From: lorraine.sherry at comcast.net (Lorraine Sherry)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 13:51:36 -0600
Subject: [ISHMap-List] Reminder: Annual Scholar Lecture: Imre Demhardt on
	November 7th at Denver Public Library
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The Rocky Mountain Map Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
study and appreciation of maps and other items of cartographic interest. The
Society was formed in 1991 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

 


November 7, 2017 - Imre Demhardt: "The Rio Colorado of the West: 19th
Century Exploration and Cartography"


 




 

Imre Demhardt

 

Tuesday at 5:30 PM

Denver Public Library

5th Floor, Gates Room

 

This program is free and open to the community.

	
This presentation introduces the explorers from the Spanish Entradas to
Anglo pioneers like John Wesley Powell and their influence on nineteenth
century (carto)graphic imaginations of the Rio Colorado of the West.
Milestone representations of the river and its region do range from
Alexander von Humboldt first 'cleansed' depiction of the area in 1811 to
Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein's pioneering relief shaded map of the
Grand Canyon in 1861 and Clarence Dutton's geological atlas in 1882.  They
all contributed to shape our mental map of the Rio Colorado as one of
America's iconic riverscapes.

 

Imre is a historian and geographer whose research and publication focusses
on post-enlightenment exploration and cartography, including but not limited
to the Americas. Since 2008 he is the Garrett Chair in the History of
Cartography and Greater Southwestern Studies at the University of Texas at
Arlington. He is the immediate past-president of the Society for the History
of Discoveries and currently serves as Chair of the International
Cartographic Association's Commission on the History of Cartography.

 

 

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From zoltorok at ludens.elte.hu  Wed Oct 11 10:10:30 2017
From: zoltorok at ludens.elte.hu (=?ISO-8859-2?Q?T=F6r=F6k_Zsolt_Gy=F5z=F5?=)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:10:30 +0200
Subject: [ISHMap-List] CFP: Mapping Empires 2018
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'Mapping Empires Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea' / 7th InternationalSymposium on the History of Cartography 
University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, 13-15 September 2018

The ICA's Commissions on the History ofCartography and Topographic Mapping and the Bodleian Libraries of theUniversity of Oxford will jointly host the 7th International Symposium on theHistory of Cartography and invite theSUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS. The organizers encourage contributions investigating the cartography ofAfrica, Asia, Oceania and the Americas as influenced by cosmopolitanexploration and imperialistic activity during, but not limited to, the &#8216;longnineteenth century&#8217; (mid-18th to mid-20th centuries).

Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2018
For more infomation and submission visit this website
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From Rose.Mitchell at nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk  Wed Oct 11 17:20:45 2017
From: Rose.Mitchell at nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk (Mitchell, Rose)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:20:45 +0000
Subject: [ISHMap-List] REMINDER: Harley Map Fellowships call for proposals:
 deadline 1 November
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**With apologies for cross-postings **Please distribute widely**

***********************
The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography

The Harley Fellowships - the only one of their kind in Europe - provide support of up to four weeks (normally at GBP 400 per week) for those working on the history of cartography, from any discipline, doing the equivalent of post-graduate level work in the historical map collections of the United Kingdom.  Web site:  http://www.maphistory.info/harley.html

For the period 2018 -2020, we are pleased to announce that there will be at least one additional Harley Fellowship per year funded wholly or partly by the Historical Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).  Eligibility for these awards funded by HGRG is limited to postgraduates and early career researchers working in the history of cartography, and applicants are encouraged to become members of the HGRG; otherwise the normal Harley fellowship criteria apply.

The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.  The Fellowship website has an Application page that should provide all the necessary information as well as answering many frequently asked questions: <  http://www.maphistory.info/application.html >.  Please indicate in your application if you are a postgraduate or an early career researcher within five years of completion of your PhD.

It would be helpful if you could say where you saw this notice.

Please forward to others who might be interested

Email applications to: rose.mitchell at nationalarchives.gov.gsi.uk<mailto:rose.mitchell at nationalarchives.gov.gsi.uk>

Rose Mitchell
Honorary Secretary,  J.B. Harley Fellowships
and
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From pazarli at topo.auth.gr  Fri Oct 13 09:14:47 2017
From: pazarli at topo.auth.gr (pazarli at topo.auth.gr)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:14:47 +0300
Subject: [ISHMap-List] New issue: e-Perimetron, vol. 12, 3 (2017)
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Dear colleagues

The new issue of e-Perimetron, the international web journal on  
sciences and technologies affined to history of cartography and maps,  
is now on-line:

http://www.e-perimetron.org

e-Perimetron, Vol.12, No.3 (2017)

-Z. Cekula, Place names in the historic cadastral plan of Dinaburg  
county: localisation of place names in order to complete the place  
names database of Latvia, 95-101
-G. Gatta, G. Bitelli, A historical GIS for the comparison of past and  
present views: Bologna, yesterday and today, 102-108
-M. Storms, Maps in the crowd: results of a map georeferencing  
crowdsourcing pilot project, 109-118
-K. Yano, M. Yamaji, S. Imamura, M. Kawashima, K. Okukubo, T.  
Nishiyama, WebGIS-based application for comparing folding screens of  
Rakuch? rakugai-zu (Scenes in and around Kyoto) with maps, 119-131
-M. Gede, Automatic reconstruction of old globes by photogrammetry and  
its accuracy, 132-141

Best regards

Maria Pazarli
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Archaeologist, Msc, PhD History of Cartography
Hellenic General State Archives ? Cartographic Heritage Archives
Dem. Poliorketou 37, 54633, Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: pazarli at maplibrary.gr, pazarli at auth.gr
Tel. +30 2310 243120
Fax. +30 2310 243121
www.maplibrary.gr






From tonycampbellockendon at gmail.com  Fri Oct 13 13:59:41 2017
From: tonycampbellockendon at gmail.com (Tony Campbell)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:59:41 +0100
Subject: [ISHMap-List] Bibliographia Cartographica,
 a bibliographical source for map historians
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	<456818251.3536602.1507424559061@mail.yahoo.com>
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Congratulations, and thanks to Doug Sims for this typically clear, 
concise and thorough analysis of the bibliographical resources available 
to us.

This seems to me to be exactly the kind of valuable information that 
should be widely circulated via the ISHMap-List.? I am sorry to see that 
the list is not being used as much as it could be.

I shall add a link to Doug's post, via the ISHMap-List archive (which is 
freely open to all), on my 'General Bibliographies' page -? 
http://www.maphistory.info/genbib.html? This might have some useful 
further information about other bibliographical aids.

Tony Campbell
tony at tonycampbell.info


From aemt2 at cam.ac.uk  Fri Oct 27 14:19:34 2017
From: aemt2 at cam.ac.uk (Anne Taylor)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:19:34 +0000
Subject: [ISHMap-List] Maps of the Fens - Display in Cambridge Saturday 28
	October
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Dear all

If you are in the Cambridge area tomorrow (Saturday 28th October) between 11am and 3pm you may want to pop in to Cambridge University Library for our Festival of Ideas event : 'Maps of the Fens: Versions of the Truth'

https://www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/maps-fens-versions-truth

This is a collaborative event between ourselves and the Wisbech and Fenland Museum and provides a unique opportunity to see hand-drawn and printed maps of the Fens from the collections of Cambridge University Library and the Wisbech & Fenland Museum.

Location details for the Library can be found at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/contact-us

Anne


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Tel: 01223-333041.   Fax: 01223-333160.   email: aemt2 at cam.ac.uk
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