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Donald, all:
On the use of cartography at the 1893 World's Columbian Expostion, I
refer you to the publications of my Newberry colleague and
co-contributor to the companion volume to the /Maps /exhibition, Diane
Dillon. To my knowledge, this is the only scholarship on this subject:
Diane Dillon, "Mapping Enterprise: Cartography and Commodification at
the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition," in *Nineteenth-Century
Geographies: Anglo-American Tactics of Space*, ed. Helena Michie and
Ronald Thomas (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2003)
Diane Dillon, "Consuming Maps," in *Maps: Finding our Place in the
World*, ed. James R. Akerman and Robert W. Karrow, Jr. (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2007)
Jim Akerman
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Angie Cope's recent post on Chcago's 1893 World Columbian Exposition
spurs this further question - Are you aware of any research on
cartographic presentations at that fair?
Whole books on lots of other topics exist, but...
Three items (extracts below) from the Geography in America Timeline
are all that I am aware of -
1) " Displays at the famous 1893 Columbian World Exposition in Chicago
include some 100 raised-relief models; the model of Yosemite Valley
prepared for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 measures 3.7m (12')
by 1.8m (6') feet with a height of 0.46m (1.5')." (based on
information cited in: Marcus Baker. Relief Maps. /Bulletin of the
Philosophical Society of Washington/ 12 (1892-94): 349-367)
2) "The Conference of American and European Geographers, the first
meeting hosted by American geographers to include geographers from
other countries, is held as part of the Education Congress of the
Columbian World Exposition in Chicago, July 27-28, 1893. The meeting
is organized by the National Geographic Society and includes a dozen
presentations. Geography education is explicitly addressed in
presentations by William B. Powell (1836-1904), superintendent of
schools in the District of Columbia and advocate of progressive
education reform, Francis W. Parker (1837-1902), leader in progressive
education reform and head of Cook County Normal School, and Thomas C.
Chamberlin (1843-1928), professor at the University of Chicago and
chair of the National Education Association's Committee of Ten
Conference on Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Geology, meeting
that same summer. Geographers contribute to other Exposition
meetings-Cleveland Abbe to the International Meteorological Congress,
Cyrus C. Adams to the Congress on Africa, Henry Gannett to the
International Statistical Institute-as well as to its exhibitions."
[Francis W. Parker. The Relations of Geography to History; William B.
Powell. Geographic Instruction in the Public Schools; and Thomas C.
Chamberlin. The Relations of Geology to Physiography in Our
Educational System. Pp. 125-131; 137-153; 154-160. In /Proceedings of
the International Geographic Conference in Chicago/. /National
Geographic Magazine/ 5 (January 1894): 97-256; Charles T. Conger.
Geography at the World's Columbian Exposition. /Geographical Journal/
3 (February 1894): 130-134; Cyrus C. Adams. Tropical Africa as a
Factor in Civilization. /Our Day/ 13 (1894): 5-15; Henry Gannett. The
Geographical Distribution of the Population of the United States.
/Publications [Journal] of the American Statistical Association/ 3
(1892-93): 551-553; Marcus Baker. Relief Maps. /Bulletin of the
Philosophical Society of Washington/ 12 (1892-94): 349-367; World's
Columbian Exposition. /Official Catalogue of Exhibits: United States
Government Building/. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1893.]
3) "The first U.S. commemorative postage stamps with a geography theme
are issued in conjunction with the Columbian World Exposition, held in
Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the voyages of Christopher Columbus to
the Americas. The set of 16 Columbian Exposition stamps depicts phases
of Columbus' career associated with expeditions to the Americas, with
face values ranging from $0.01 to $5.00. Christopher Columbus' voyages
to the Americas are celebrated again a century later in the set of 4
Voyages of Columbus stamps ($0.29, 1992)."
Donald C. Dahmann, Ph.D.
Geographer
At Hollin Hills 1914 Martha's Road Alexandria, Virginia
22307 (703-765-3584)
At Scientists' Cliffs 2130 Bluebell Road Port Republic, Maryland
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