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Thank you for this nice note.
I am at present 'Searching for something not there ' in hte form of a hole in
Herodotus' text
at Book 4.36 "I laugh when I see that so many people have drawn maps of the
world and noone has done it sensibly; they draw Ocean flowing around the world
as perfectly circular as if from a pair of compasses ... " The hole in the
text is metaphorical and hundreds of classicists have fallen
down it as fast as Alice and whole worlds of Greek maps have been built upon
it. .
Susan
PhD candidate, Classics
The Australian National University
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From: "J. B. Post" <jbpo...@verizon.net>
Date: Friday, August 12, 2011 5:39 am
Subject: [MapHist] Two books
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I am in the process of reading two books which have no direct bearing on
the history of cartography, but might be of peripheral interest to some.
Neither has an index so I can’t check to see if maps are mentioned
specifically, but have to read the entire book. The first is PRICELESS by
Robert Wittman (Broadway Paperbacks [Random house], 2010) and it deals with art
theft. The theft of maps from institutions, private collections, and dealers
is art theft even if maps may not seem to be as glamorous as Old Masters and
tomb trinkets. The economics are similar whatever the object stolen happens to
be. Good background into that world and inspiring because this is a story of
recovered works.
The second book is PARADISE LUST: SEARCHING FOR THE GARDEN OF EDEN by Brook
Wilensky-Lanford (Grove Press, 2011). Eden, along with Atlantis and el Dorado,
has been long sought, but never found. Searching for something not there might
result in the accidental discovery of something which is, but that’s beside the
point. I am of the school which thinks compilations of foolishness have a
place in research by providing a “one stop to shop” for such ideas. So far in
my reading, Wilensky-Lanford does a pretty good job giving the background for
the various locations and something about the various champions of each idea.
The endpaper map indicates the general locations discussed. As I noted, not
central to the history of cartography, but not completely removed.
JBP
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