Hello, some of the list who take a wider, more conceptual interest in mapping might be interested in access to essays in the History of Cartography volume. Much valuable intellectual material here.
http://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html cheers martin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:10:04 -0500 From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: The History of Cartography' available online (vols. I and II) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [MapHist] 'The History of Cartography' available online (vols. I and II) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:45:14 -0400 From: Joel Kovarsky <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Forwarded from MapHist. Joel Kovarsky On 7/18/2011 1:00 PM, Tony Campbell wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > > I do not think the list has been told - as we learnt at ICHC 2011 in > Moscow - that the first two volumes of the defining work, /The History > of Cartography,/ are now freely available online. > That means four physical volumes, with the hope that the two-part > Volume 3 may follow in the future. > The University of Chicago Press has broken the text down into the > separate chapters, presented as a series of 104 pdfs. > http://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html > Not only can you search and download individual chapters, you can also > search across the four volumes. > This is a major initiative, for which the publishers must be thanked > and congratulated. > Tony Campbell > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information:http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3772 - Release Date: 07/18/11 > 02:34:00 > -- Joel Kovarsky The Prime Meridian 1839 Clay Dr., Crozet, VA 22932 USA Phone: 434-823-5696 Email:[email protected] Website:http://www.theprimemeridian.com _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
