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Publication Announcement:
*The Last Great Cartographic Myth - Mer de l'Ouest* by Don McGuirk
This cartobibliography traces the appearance of the mythical Sea of the
West on printed maps. This imagined extension of the Pacific Ocean into
the North American continent - reflecting the hopes and dreams of a
Northwest Passage - appeared on printed maps beginning in 1700 and
continued to appear for over a century. The cartobibliography describes
and illustrates 239 maps (many described in multiple states and
versions), and is accompanied by an introductory overview as well as the
first translation into English of J.N. De L'Isle's /Nouvelles Cartes des
Decouvertes de l'Amiral De Fonte/, which was a prime factor behind the
appearance of Mer de l'Ouest on maps published in the 18th century.
This cartobibliography is published on a USB flash drive, for use under
MS/Windows. The flash drive format provides a number of advantages
over a printed book:
» Copious high-resolution imagery. Most of the entries are
accompanied by one or more high-resolution images. Map images can be
viewed at full (zoomed in) resolution, or scaled to fit the image
window. Multiple image windows can be opened simultaneously,
allowing side-by-side comparison of map images.
» Fully searchable and sortable: by map-maker, title, date, or any
(or all) of the available fields.
» Hyperlinks: The cartobibliography utilizes clickable hyperlinks to
let you jump between related entries and to open up web pages
containing related information (e.g. additional online imagery,
WorldCat citations, etc.).
» Portable: The flash drive weighs 2 grams (8 grams when stored in
its credit-card sized case), yet holds nearly half a gigabyte of
text, data and imagery.
» Updateable: The author and publisher will release periodic
updates, which will be available as a simple (and relatively small)
download from the publisher's website. Instead of errata sheets or
addenda & corrigenda pages, the updates will bring the entire
cartobibliography up-to-date with the latest additions, corrections
and imagery.
The cartobibliography is available ($45 plus shipping) directly from the
publisher, MapRecord Publications. Further information is available at
www.MapRecord.com/MerOuest.html <http://www.MapRecord.com/MerOuest.html>.
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