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Newsletter 2011: Fall, PDF (4.1 MB), published October 2011
In this issue of the History of Cartography Project newsletter you’ll find exciting news about free online access to the first several books in the series; a report and many photos from the July 2011 International Conference on the History of Cartography in Moscow; progress reports on Volumes Four, Five, and Six; a special focus on the recently-appointed Volume Five associate editors; and a call for applications for the David Woodward Memorial Fellowship. On the cover, the Michelin Man, circa 1923, is shown rolling a tire across the globe. This newsletter also illustrates a detail from an early eighteenth century map of the town of Boston, which was published by merchant and map seller William Price, and a cinemap from the 1931 movie M, directed by Fritz Lang.
Newsletter 2011: Spring, PDF (892 KB), published March 2011
The History of Cartography Project is grateful to the many kind friends who provide financial support, and we devote a full page of the print version of each spring newsletter to listing their names in thanks. Because of this, the spring issues of our newsletter usually focus on progress reports for Volumes Four, Five, and Six. This issue is no exception. Of special interest in this issue is an early twentieth century public works snow removal map of Detroit, which is illustrated on the cover. As a snowy winter yielded to spring near the Project offices in Madison, Wisconsin, we especially enjoyed selecting this as our featured map.
Newsletter 2010: Fall, PDF (1.2 MB), published September 2010
In this issue, we introduce Peter Collier and Jon Kimerling, two new editorial assistants for Volume Six, discuss steps being made to provide digital access to the series, provide news on recent activities of the editors and Woodward fellow Carla Lois, and announce several upcoming conferences. The newsletter also provides the usual progress notes on forthcoming volumes in the series. Featured on the cover: a detail from Depth Curve Chart of the Adjacent Seas of Japan, 1952, which illustrates the relief conture (or illuminated contures) method of mapping developed by Kitiro Tanaka.
Newsletter 2010: Spring, PDF (820 KB), published March 2010
In addition to progress reports on Volumes Four, Five, and Six of the series,
this newsletter briefly reports on the reopening of the newly expanded and reconstructed
Osher Map Library at Project director Matthew Edney's home institution: the
University of Southern Maine. Volume Six editor Mark Monmonier is shown receiving
the Mercator Medal from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie last
fall. Illustrated on the cover is a Russian Map of the surface of Phobos, a
small satellite of Mars.
Newsletter 2009: Fall, PDF (1.1 MB), published September
2009
This issue features a report on History of Cartography Project activities at
the International Conference on the History of Cartography in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July 2009. It also provides updates on Volumes Four, Five, and Six of The
History of Cartography, including the exciting news that future volumes
in the series will be published in full color. Another article examines the
impact and use of our published volumes. Featured on the cover: 1728 map of
Copenhagen.
Newsletter 2009: Spring, PDF (370 KB), published
March 2009
News about Volumes Four, Five, and Six of The History of Cartography,
Stéphane Blond's recent resident fellowship with the Project, staffing
in the Madison office, and general funding acknowledgements. This installment
of our biannual newsletter also issues an invitation to those writing for The
History of Cartography and all friends of the Project who plan to attend
the 23rd International Conference on the History of Cartography (Copenhagen,
July 2009). During the conference, editors Matthew Edney, Mary Pedley, Roger
Kain, and Mark Monmonier are hosting an informal meeting, which will be held
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, from 10:00 - 11:00 AM in seminar room Oktogonen E79 in
the Royal Danish Library. No RSVP is necessary. On the cover, the first detailed
map of prohibited airspace within Washington, D.C., published in 1935.
Newsletter 2008: Fall, PDF (220 KB), published September
2008
Introducing Roger Kain, newly appointed editor of Volume Five, Cartography
in the Nineteenth Century. Also included in this newsletter: progress and
activities related to Volume Four, Cartography in the European Enlightenment,
and Volume Six, Cartography in the Twentieth Century; report on the first
review and award associated with Volume Three, Cartography in the European
Renaissance; and notice of the 23rd International Conference on the History
of Cartography (July 2009). Cover: UK Ordnance Survey map showing Exeter.
Newsletter 2008: Spring, PDF (1.4 MB), published
March 2008
This issue provides updates on Volume Four, Cartography in the European Enlightenment,
and Volume Six, Cartography in the Twentieth Century, and shares news
and photos from a November 2007 reception held, in part, to celebrate publication
of Volume Three, Cartography in the European Renaissance. Illustrated
on the cover: the imaginary "Sea of the West" as published by Paris
engraver and map seller Jean Lattré in 1762. Isaac Sáenz, this
year's David Woodward Memorial Fellow in the History of Cartography, is introduced
here.
Newsletter 2007: Summer/Fall, PDF (1.6 MB),
published September 2007
We are pleased to announce publication of Volume Three, Cartography in the
European Renaissance! Also in this issue, editor Mary Pedley looks back
on a year of Volume Four activities, including trips to and meetings with authors
at the Osher Map Library, the Miami Map Fair, Istanbul University in Turkey,
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the International Conference on
the History of Cartography (ICHC) in Berne, Switzerland. A Volume Six update
highlights editor Mark Monmonier's progress on the Twentieth Century volume
and the recruitment of associate editors Karen Cook and Joel Morrison. Additional
articles include a report on the 22nd ICHC (Berne, July 2007), news from the
Madison office, information about numerous upcoming events in the field, and
a detailed listing of volumes in The History of Cartography series. Applications
are once again solicited for an annual two-month research fellowship in the
history of cartography at the UW-Madison. Maps featured: a map of the western
United States taken from an 1803 Ottoman atlas and a plan of the battle of Prut,
1711.
Newsletter 2006/2007: Winter, PDF (208 KB), published
February 2007
Follow this link to preview the dust jacket design for Volume Three, which will
be published during the summer of 2007. This newsletter also provides information
on the final stage of preparing Volume Three (European Renaissance) for publication,
updates on Volume Four (European Enlightenment) and Volume Six (Twentieth Century),
and a brief history of how the Project began its broadsheet series of literary
quotations on cartography.
Newsletter 2006: Summer, PDF (3.1 MB), published
August 2006
This newsletter provides an in-depth look at the many intellectual resources
available to the History of Cartography editorial team and how we use them to
improve accuracy in the published volumes. Also in this issue: progress reports
on Volume Three (European Renaissance), Volume Four (European Enlightenment),
and Volume Six (Twentieth Century); a report from Valeria Pansini on her research
and residency in Madison as the 2005-06 David Woodward Memorial Fellow, staff
and funding news, and notice of a procedural change for those who donate to
the Project by mail. The cover features a chart of China's southern coast from
an ornate manuscript atlas produced around 1690 by William Hack, "A Description
of the Sea Coasts... in the East Indies."
Newsletter 2005/2006: Winter, PDF (471 KB), published
February 2006
A brief update on the status of Volumes Three, Four, and Six; on the University
of British Columbia's 35th Medieval Workshop, held in Vancouver in October 2005,
and on financial support for the Project (a list thanking those who made donations
to the Project in 2005 has been omitted from the digital version of this newsletter).
On the cover, Mark Monmonier uses a 7.5-minute quadrangle of Ossipee Lake, New
Hampshire, to discuss how the United States Geographical Survey came to introduce
"provisional maps" in the early 1980s.
Newsletter 2005: Summer, PDF (212 KB), published
August 2005
New leadership! Matthew H. Edney has been appointed
as director of the History of Cartography Project. In addition to
updates on volumes in progress, this issue of our newsletter includes an interview
with Dr. Edney; a thank you to Professor James E. Burt, who acted as interim director of the series; information about the David Woodward Memorial Fellowship in the
History of Cartography; news from our editors, and conference updates. Cover image: Sebastian Münster’s map of Polonia et Vngaría from Ptolemy, Geographia Universalis (Basel: Henricus Petri, 1540).
Newsletter 2004/2005: Winter, PDF (144 KB), published
February 2005
Follow this link for updates on History of Cartography Volumes Three,
Four, and Six; information about the upcoming International Conference on the
History of Cartography XXI; funding news (individual donor acknowledgments have
been omitted from the web version of this newsletter); and an invitation for
friends of the Project to suggest literary selections on cartography for future
broadsheets. Illustrated here is a manuscript map showing routes for Anne of
Cleves's journey from Cleves to Calais in 1539 for her marriage to Henry VIII.
Newsletter 2004: Fall, PDF (1.2 MB), published November
2004
Many, but not all, friends of the History of Cartography Project have heard
the sad news that project director David Woodward
died of cancer on 25 August 2004. In addition to the customary update on the
status of volumes in the series and a few related features, this issue of our
newsletter presents a tribute to the man who cofounded The History of Cartography
and led it to world wide acclaim. It also signals our intention to continue
work on the series following the methodology and exacting standards that David
inspired. Obituaries: David Woodward, Arthur H. Robinson, and Paul Tierney.
Features: Interview with Mary Pedley, coeditor for Volume Four, Cartography
in the European Enlightenment; Madison office staff news; fellowship announcement;
donor acknowledgements; and annual call for financial support. Featured map:
Port of entry at Veracruz, Nicolás de Cardona, 1622.
Newsletter 2003/2004: Winter, PDF (434 KB), published
February 2004
This newsletter contains brief updates on volumes in progress, a listing of
the Volume Six board of advisors, funding news (individual donor acknowledgments
appear in the print version of this newsletter, but not in this web version),
and an invitation for friends of the Project to suggest literary selections
on cartography for future broadsheets. The front cover shows David Woodward,
History of Cartography founding coeditor, sitting on a marble replica
of the Tasman Map of 1644 in the entrance hall of The State Library
of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Newsletter 2003: Summer, PDF (148 K), published
August 2003
Follow this link for progress reports on Volumes Three, Four, and Six, for an
article about how we procure illustrations and obtain permission to publish
images, and for news on editors' activities this past year. This issue also
includes a report from the International Conference on the History of Cartography
(June 2003), staffing news, a call for applications for the Holzheimer fellowship,
and information for donors or those considering making a contribution. Illustrated
on the front cover: World map from "De Geographia," by Henricus Glareanus, Basle,
1527.
Newsletter 2002/2003: Winter, PDF (519 K), published
February 2003
This issue provides statistics on the Volume Three manuscript, which went to
press at the end of 2002, and it offers brief staff and funding news. For publication
on the web, we have once again omitted the donor acknowledgements listed in
the print version of this newsletter. This newsletter includes a Scandinavian
map that will appear in Volume Three, Cartography in the European Renaissance.
Newsletter 2002: Summer, PDF (144 K), published August
2002
Features news and images from the Exploratory Essays Initiative on the History
of Cartography in the Twentieth Century, tales from the final stages of preparing
Volume Three for press, information about the encyclopedic format for Volume
Four, a report from the April 2002 Renaissance Society of America meeting, and
a description of the Map Society of Wisconsin's tour of the History of Cartography
Project. The Summer 2002 newsletter also includes an interview with editor David
Woodward, volume editors' and general staffing news, and reports on NEH and
NSF funding possibilities.
Newsletter 2001: Winter, PDF (60 K), published
February 2002
Follow this link to access reports on the upcoming symposium on the history
of cartography in the Twentieth Century, the first Holzheimer Fellow in residence
at the University of Wisconsin, and poet Moira Roth's contribution to our 2001
broadsheet, numbered ten in the series. This issue also includes funding news
(individual donor acknowledgements appear in the print version of this newsletter,
but not in this web version), recent reviews, and bibliographic information
on several new books published in the field.
Newsletter 2001: Summer, HTML, published
August 2001
Reports on a very busy year for the Project, from the first half of
2001 to the fall and early winter ahead. This issue includes Project news,
a round-up of past and upcoming events and activities involving editor
David Woodward and other staff. Also included: an announcement of the volume
published recently in Barcelona on a lecture series detailing methodological
issues raised by the Project; an interview with managing editor Jude Leimer;
updates on Volumes Three, Four, and the Exploratory Essays Initiative (EEI)
for Volume Six; recent reviews; Madison staff news; and notable publications
and awards for several Project editors and authors.
Newsletter 2000: Winter, HTML, published
February 2001
This issue includes volume status updates for Volumes Three, Four,
and Six, including a list of presenters at the twentieth century cartography
special sessions of the 2001 American Association of Geographers (AAG).
Also includes staff news from the Madison office, Project funding news,
and a brief biography of Lucia Perillo—who wrote this year's commissioned
broadsheet selection. This newsletter features a 1573 map of the route
of Don Lope de Acuña through the Franche-Comté.
Newsletter 2000: Summer, HTML, published
August 2000
Reports on our two recent conferences: Cartography in the European
Renaissance (April 2000) and the Cartography in the Twentieth Century Exploratory
Essays Initiative planning meeting (June 2000). This newsletter also includes
information about cartographic panels to be held at the History of Science
Society's November 2000 meeting and the Renaissance Society of America's
Spring 2001 meeting, series editor news, staffing news from the Madison
office, and other announcements.
Newsletter 1999: Winter,
HTML, published February 2000
Describes the Breasted Prize, which was awarded to Volume Two, Book
Three, introduces the three co-editors for Volume Four, and lists the Volume
Six advisory board members. Also includes a preliminary program for the
Burdick-Vary symposium on Renaissance cartography, updates on David Woodward
and Mark Monmonier's activities, staff changes, and funding news. Follow
this link for information about establishing a bequest to benefit the Project.
Illustrated in this newsletter is the St. Gallen Cosmographical Globe,
ca. 1575.
Newsletter 1999: Summer, HTML, published
August 1999
This newsletter is the first of our summer newsletters, which will
give you a more detailed look at forthcoming books, our research methods,
upcoming events in the field, and Project staff. This issue describes Volume
Three and its interpretive essays, explains how we reference-check manuscripts,
announces recent grant awards, explains the early bibliographic process
followed for Volume Six, announces a symposium on Renaissance cartography
to be held 6-9 April 2000, and interviews Samir Murty, an undergraduate
student whose research examined variations in the 1482 and 1486 editions
of the Ulm Ptolemy atlases. Included here is the magnificent Carta Marina,
by Olaus Magnus (1539).
Newsletter 1998, HTML, published February 1999
Includes volume updates, a full list of Volume Three advisory board
members and their affiliations, staff news, and funding news. Follow this
link to view both François Ollive's map of the Mediterranean, ca.
1664, and an illustration depicting geometrical instruments from G. G.
Kraill von Bemebergh's work Tractatus geometricus et fortificationis
(1618).
Newsletter 1997, HTML, published February 1998
In this issue, look for volume updates, information about a special
session at the SSHA meeting in November 1998, news from the Volume Six
planning conference, staff news, and funding news. Volume Six coeditor
Mark Monmonier is pictured here, speaking to the assembled participants
of our 1997 conference.
Newsletter 1996, HTML, published February 1997
Contains volume updates, an interview with G. Malcolm Lewis, coeditor
for Volume Two, Book Three, staff news, and funding news. Image represented
is a Map of Don Miguel Damain's properties, ca. 1576.
28th Symposium of the International Map Collectors’ Society: IMCoS Post-conference report by Mary Pedley, PDF (88 KB)
A report from Volume Four coeditor Mary Pedley on the IMCoS Symposium, London, October 2010: Britain - Power and Influence in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
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Volume Four contributors at the IMCoS Symposium, left to right: 1) Sarah Tyacke (Volume Four associate editor) with Carolyn Anderson, Sarah Bendall, and Peter Barber 2) Peter Barber and Sarah Tyacke 3) Sarah Bendall, Peter Barber, and Sarah Tyacke |
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