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Many thanks to all of you who suggested interesting ideas regarding the lady sitting on a crocodile. Actually the immediate source of "my" map-maker was identified by Joost Depuydt in the personification of Africa on the corner of Petrus Plancius's world map. Thanks again Rehav Rubin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Kovarsky Sent: יום א 02 אוקטובר 2011 13:35 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] personification of Egypt...Europa seated on bull 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 + Also see Wintle's inaugural lecture from December 2003 delivered to the Chair of Modern European History at the University of Amsterdam, "Europa and the Bull, Europe, and European Studies: Visual Images as Historical Source Material,": <http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item2327578/?site_locale=en_GB> . Figure one from the paper is a first-century AD Roman mosaic of Europa seated on a bull, although Wintle mentions earlier allusions attributed to the Syracusian poet Moschus. Wintle actually began his study with maps, and references the works of Brian Harley. Joel Kovarsky On 10/1/2011 11:44 PM, Deborah Taylor-Pearce 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 + > > MapHisters, > > Joel tells me that the image of Europa seated on a bull does indeed > feature on early maps: > > "... used by Ortelius (1570 map of Europe), Blaeu, de Wit and > others." > > He also pointed me to the cover of Michael Wintle's book, _The Image > of Europe_ (CUP, 2009), which features Blaeu's interpretation of the > Europa legend (from the Blaeu atlas). > > As far as I know, Wintle doesn't discuss the enigmatic meanings of the > Europa hieroglyph, but I agree with Joel that his alternate take on > the subject is very interesting! > > Deborah > _____ > > Deborah Taylor-Pearce > [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 _______________________________________________ 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
