RE: [MapHist] McLaughlin's CA as an Island book now online
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 + Dear Julie Great initiative to publish this carto-bibliography online. But what a pity to find out that the online edition is incomplete. Following pages are missing: - p. 10-11 (= nrs. 14-17) - p. 48-49 (= nrs. 108-113) - p. 56-57 (= nrs. 129-134) - p. 64-65 (= nrs. 150-153) Pages 13 and 14 have changed places and page 55 is slanting. I know by experience how difficult it is to get all things right in a scanning operation. The scanning of early books by Google for Google Books, for instance, is also very poor: folding illustrations are mostly not unfolded. I hope you can improve the online edition, so that we can all enjoy the use of this publication. Best regards Joost Joost Depuydt | consulent wetenschappelijk werk Stad Antwerpen | FelixArchief Oudeleeuwenrui 29 | 2000 Antwerpen tel + 32 3 338 94 59 | fax +32 3 338 94 10 stadsarch...@stad.antwerpen.be | joost.depu...@stad.antwerpen.be www.antwerpen.be | www.felixarchief.be www.facebook.com/felixarchief www.geschiedenisvanantwerpen.be 't Stad is van iedereen. ***Disclaimer*** Dit e-mailbestand, met inbegrip van zijn eventuele bijlagen, is een officieel document van de Stad Antwerpen. Het kan vertrouwelijke of persoonlijke informatie bevatten. Als u deze boodschap per vergissing hebt ontvangen, verzoeken wij u om de afzender daarvan onmiddellijk per e-mail of telefoon op de hoogte te stellen en ze vervolgens van uw computer te verwijderen zonder de inhoud ervan eerst te lezen, te vermenigvuldigen, te verspreiden of op andere wijze openbaar te maken aan derden. De Stad Antwerpen kan op geen enkele manier aansprakelijk worden gesteld voor mogelijke fouten of onnauwkeurigheden in dit bericht, noch voor verlies, ongemak of directe dan wel indirecte schade geleden ten gevolge van het gebruik van in deze e-mail voorkomende incorrecte informatie -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] Namens Julie Sweetkind-Singer Verzonden: dinsdag 15 februari 2011 22:23 Aan: maphist Onderwerp: [MapHist] McLaughlin's CA as an Island book now online Hi, all, Glen McLaughlin has given his permission to Stanford to scan his book, California as an Island. It is now online at http://collections.stanford.edu/bookreader-public/view.jsp?id=00021264#- 1 . Note that you can view it page by page using the first icon directly to the right of the zoom amount. The second icon to the right of the zoom amount allows you to view the contents side by side as in the printed book. Best, Julie *** Julie Sweetkind-Singer Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data Services Head Librarian, Branner Earth Sciences Library Map Collections Stanford University 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)725-1102 ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
[MapHist] Text skipped from MapHist messages
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 + Dear Maphisters, I'm having a problem reading the messages of our colleague Luis Robles Macias. All the text is skipped and all that appears is the warning Skipped content of type multipart/alternative. This happens not only with the messages received in my mail server but also with those archived in MapHist. I have also tried to change the computer and the browser, with no success. Joaquim Gaspar winmail.dat___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
Re: [MapHist] Dr. Hans Rosling presents the last 200 years of human health and wealth in 4 minutes
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 + Le 13.02.2011 17:35, John Cloud a écrit : 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 + An interesting geospatial visualization, presented with admirable enthusiasm: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/watch-200-years-of-history-in-5-minutes It takes literally your breath away!! Don't miss also (duration:20 min.): http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html and the related website: http://www.gapminder.org/ Atb _ Christos Nüssli * Europe Maps - http://www.euratlas.org ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
Re: [MapHist] McLaughlin's CA as an Island book now online
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 + Hi Joost, Thanks for the feedback. We'll get these things fixed right away. We now have a full time Quality Assurance person on our staff dealing with our seven digitization labs and so these kinds of errors should be reduced dramatically in the future. Best, Julie *** Julie Sweetkind-Singer Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data Services Head Librarian, Branner Earth Sciences Library Map Collections Stanford University 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)725-1102 - Original Message - From: Joost Depuydt joost.depu...@stad.antwerpen.be To: Julie Sweetkind-Singer sweetk...@stanford.edu Cc: Discussion group for map history maphist@geo.uu.nl Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:18:53 AM Subject: RE: [MapHist] McLaughlin's CA as an Island book now online Dear Julie Great initiative to publish this carto-bibliography online. But what a pity to find out that the online edition is incomplete. Following pages are missing: - p. 10-11 (= nrs. 14-17) - p. 48-49 (= nrs. 108-113) - p. 56-57 (= nrs. 129-134) - p. 64-65 (= nrs. 150-153) Pages 13 and 14 have changed places and page 55 is slanting. I know by experience how difficult it is to get all things right in a scanning operation. The scanning of early books by Google for Google Books, for instance, is also very poor: folding illustrations are mostly not unfolded. I hope you can improve the online edition, so that we can all enjoy the use of this publication. Best regards Joost Joost Depuydt | consulent wetenschappelijk werk Stad Antwerpen | FelixArchief Oudeleeuwenrui 29 | 2000 Antwerpen tel + 32 3 338 94 59 | fax +32 3 338 94 10 stadsarch...@stad.antwerpen.be | joost.depu...@stad.antwerpen.be www.antwerpen.be | www.felixarchief.be www.facebook.com/felixarchief www.geschiedenisvanantwerpen.be 't Stad is van iedereen. ***Disclaimer*** Dit e-mailbestand, met inbegrip van zijn eventuele bijlagen, is een officieel document van de Stad Antwerpen. Het kan vertrouwelijke of persoonlijke informatie bevatten. Als u deze boodschap per vergissing hebt ontvangen, verzoeken wij u om de afzender daarvan onmiddellijk per e-mail of telefoon op de hoogte te stellen en ze vervolgens van uw computer te verwijderen zonder de inhoud ervan eerst te lezen, te vermenigvuldigen, te verspreiden of op andere wijze openbaar te maken aan derden. De Stad Antwerpen kan op geen enkele manier aansprakelijk worden gesteld voor mogelijke fouten of onnauwkeurigheden in dit bericht, noch voor verlies, ongemak of directe dan wel indirecte schade geleden ten gevolge van het gebruik van in deze e-mail voorkomende incorrecte informatie -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] Namens Julie Sweetkind-Singer Verzonden: dinsdag 15 februari 2011 22:23 Aan: maphist Onderwerp: [MapHist] McLaughlin's CA as an Island book now online Hi, all, Glen McLaughlin has given his permission to Stanford to scan his book, California as an Island. It is now online at http://collections.stanford.edu/bookreader-public/view.jsp?id=00021264#- 1 . Note that you can view it page by page using the first icon directly to the right of the zoom amount. The second icon to the right of the zoom amount allows you to view the contents side by side as in the printed book. Best, Julie *** Julie Sweetkind-Singer Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data Services Head Librarian, Branner Earth Sciences Library Map Collections Stanford University 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)725-1102 ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
[MapHist] BibliOdyssey: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Typography
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 + Decoratived title pages of atlases. http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanborn-fire-insurance-map-typo graphy.html JBP ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
[MapHist] Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowship: Digital and Spatial Scholarship in the American West
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 + Call for Applicants 2011 for Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowship: Digital and Spatial Scholarship in the American West The Bill Lane Center for the American West and the Spatial History Project's Wallenberg Media Places initiative at Stanford University seek applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on scholarship in the American West using new tools, techniques, and methods of digital and spatial research. The American West is understood as the United States west of the Mississippi, western Canada, all of Mexico, and their interfaces with the Pacific region. Applicants' own research should involve the sophisticated use of one or more of the following: text markup, mining, and analysis; network analysis and visualization; mapping and spatial analysis; spatial and temporal visualizations; data visualization; interactive multimedia in scholarly communications and pedagogy. Applicants must be comfortable working on collaborative research setting and have experience successfully participating in project management, programming, coding, or tool building teams. We welcome applicants from anthropology, geography, history, literary and cultural studies, political science, economics, sociology and urban studies, as well as candidates from the natural sciences with a strong interest and experience in multidisciplinary methods and the humanities. This postdoctoral fellow's time will be split between pursuing an original project (a research, tool-building, or scholarly communications project), and collaborating with and mentoring other researchers, including faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in the Bill Lane Center for the American West and the Spatial History Project. The postdoctoral fellow will also teach one course each year in the fields of digital and spatial scholarship. The appointment is for one year but may be renewed for an additional year. Applicants must have their doctoral degree in hand 30 days prior to the appointment start date. For further information please contact Zephyr Frank zfr...@stanford.edu , Associate Professor of History, Director of the Spatial History Project, or Jon Christensen jonchristen...@stanford.edu , Executive Director, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University. Applicants should submit the following materials by April 1, 2011 : Cover letter, CV, 1000-word project proposal, dissertation abstract, 25-page writing sample, three letters of recommendation. Send application materials to: Jon Christensen, Executive Director, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University The Jerry Yang Akiko Yamazaki Environment Energy Building, 473 Via Ortega, Room 339, Stanford, CA 94 305-4225 . *** Julie Sweetkind-Singer Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data Services Head Librarian, Branner Earth Sciences Library Map Collections Stanford University 397 Panama Mall; MC 2211 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)725-1102 ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
[MapHist] Tony Campbell 2008 message: Green (Quirini) Globe - the first to have the word America, in 1505-1506?
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 + Dear Maphists: Regarding the topic of the Quirini globe recently discussed in this list - if you look for old messages on the topic, there is a notorious one posted by Tony Campbell (June 2008). Tony's intriguing posting near the end has this sentence (verbatim): -- Incidentally, this globe also carries the name America, so if it does date from 1505-06, then it is the earliest map/globeto carry the name. - This in the context of (again verbatim) a : booklet by Dr. Albert Ronsin, the late curator at St. Die, which described a so-called Green Globe that had been made by Waldseemuller and which now resides in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. It would be interesting to see an even older map than 1507 indeed, saying America. In any case the oldest reliable available (as far as I know) information regarding navigators (most probably Portuguese) that far south belongs to Vopel and his globes about what happened in the year of 1499. As for the Quirini globe - if one searches for its prime meridian, if passing in Madeira island, probably that would hint for Portuguese inspiration/sources. This because the Reinel cartographers started systematically implementing the Madeira meridian as the prime meridian. I am not sure exactly when this started to happen (around 1520-1530??)... so perhaps not yet by the time of the Quirini Globe. The prime meridian in the Quirini Globe seems however to pass instead over the Cape Verde islands, also discovered by the Portuguese, as indicated in the globe. As to the map of Antarctica shown in the Quirini Globe - as someone else very well pointed here before at maphist, this is just an old Roman Empire time (Agrippa map? Forgot the exact name...) map of Europe and north Africa and Middle East, sort of distorted/curled around itself. Schoener used the same map in his globes/maps - so its value in the Quirini globe for anything new about Antarctica is zero. Maybe Schoener followed the Quirini globe idea first regarding how to map Terra Australis Incognita...maybe not... Bons ventos, Paulo Afonso ___ 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 Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
