[MapHist] New MapHist Forum comment question
This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Peter, The new MapHist Forum ( http://www.maphist.nl/forum ) is very well designed, and I believe it will be highly successful. The option to receive notifications of new posts via email is not only great, but absolutely essential. I would assume those who were in favor of the forum design over the listserv are not using the email notifications since one of their stated goals was to de-clutter their inboxes. However, the forum (as opposed to the listserv) is still a time sink for some of us. Is it possible for the email notifications to include the actual new post and a link to it, rather than just a link? It would save a lot of time for those of us who don't mind the emails and, from my perspective, would make the new forum irresistible, combining the best of the old and new. Regards, Jay L. -- Jay Lester Chapel Hill, NC___ 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] recent book
This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Last fall I received a copy of Martin Bruckner, ed. Early American Cartographies. Chapel Hill: University of North Caroline Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2011. The publication of the book was duly noted on the Map History list. At about the same time, however, another book was also published by the same press for the same sponsor, which I did not see mentioned. Paul W. Mapp's The Elusive West and the Conquest for Empire, 1713-1763, 455 pp.39 maps, and 4 plates should be of interest to historians of cartography, especially those concerned with North America. Part of the dust jacket reads: A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Conquest for Empire investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus of the Atlantic world, Paul Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history. Mapp deals with the Spanish, French, British and Amerindians ideas about the west, especially the transMississippi west. The volume is well documented (footnotes at the bottom of the page, as with the Bruckner volume) with research in the various archives. Rand Burnette, Professor Emeritus of History, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL 62650 burne...@mchsi.com January 8, 2012___ 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] recent book
This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + These are excellent works, and I think there is one other that should be added to these recent releases: _ The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America_ James D. Drake Cloth · 416 pp. · 6.125 x 9.25 · ISBN 9780813931227 · $39.50 · Jul 2011 Ebook · 416 pp. · ISBN 9780813931395 · $39.50 · Jul 2011 http://books.upress.virginia.edu/detail%2Fbooks%2Fgroup-4202.xml?q=drake Joel Kovarsky On 1/8/2012 4:12 PM, Rand Burnette wrote: This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Last fall I received a copy of Martin Bruckner, ed. /Early American Cartographies/. Chapel Hill: University of North Caroline Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2011. The publication of the book was duly noted on the Map History list. At about the same time, however, another book was also published by the same press for the same sponsor, which I did not see mentioned. Paul W. Mapp's /The Elusive West and the Conquest for Empire, 1713-1763,/ 455 pp.39 maps, and 4 plates should be of interest to historians of cartography, especially those concerned with North America. Part of the dust jacket reads: A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, /The Elusive West and the Conquest for Empire/ investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus of the Atlantic world, Paul Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history. Mapp deals with the Spanish, French, British and Amerindians ideas about the west, especially the transMississippi west. The volume is well documented (footnotes at the bottom of the page, as with the Bruckner volume) with research in the various archives. Rand Burnette, Professor Emeritus of History, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL 62650 burne...@mchsi.com mailto:burne...@mchsi.com January 8, 2012 ___ 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 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4730 - Release Date: 01/08/12 -- Joel Kovarsky The Prime Meridian 1839 Clay Dr., Crozet, VA 22932 USA Phone: 434-823-5696 Email: t...@theprimemeridian.com Website: http://www.theprimemeridian.com ___ 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] The best American wall map: David Imus The Essential Geography of the United States of America - Slate MagazinofAmerica - Slate Magazine
This is a MapHist list message. This list will close soon. Please continue the discussions at the MapHist Forum: http://www.maphist.nl/forum o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + FYI, I don't believe I have seen this mentioned yet by the group. Interesting map, interesting perspecives on modern map reading and geographic knowledge. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/01/the_best_american_wall_map_david_imus_the_essential_geography_of_the_united_states_of_america_.html Rick Laprairie Toronto ___ 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
