RE: [MapHist] Book Review - NY Times - March 7, 2009
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 + Here is the web link to the NY Times article mentioned below: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/books/review/Heller-t.html?ref=books Tom Sander From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of Overlee Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:17 PM To: Discussion group for map history Subject: [MapHist] Book Review See page 12 of the March 7 New York Times Book Review for an enthusiastic review of six new books about maps by Steven Heller. Martin Torodash ___ 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] In The Portolan, Issue 77: Early American Postal Mapping - Apianus Map of 1520 - Pos t-WW1 Cartography - Maps on Clocks - Maps in a Sh akespeare Library - Waldseemüller - Mediterranean
Society, resided from 1989-1992 in a village halfway between Maltas walled city of Mdina and its fortified city of Valletta. DONALD McGUIRK is a retired pediatrician with a prolonged interest in early printed world maps. His current interest is in the cartographic myth, Mer de LOuest. MATTHEW D. MINGUS is the winner of the 2009 DR. WALTER W. RISTOW PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVENMENT IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. He is an MA student in the Department of History at the University of Florida. RICHARD PFLEDERER is the author of a series of five detailed catalogues of portolan charts in major libraries. His most recent work, Census of Portolan Charts and Atlases, was published in 2009. He is the author of the Commentary which accompanies the facsimile publication of the Testarossa manuscript Breve Conpendio del Arte de Navigare, a 16th century Venetian nautical manuscript, now preserved in the Royal Geographical Society. PETER PORRAZZO is the Treasurer of the Washington Map Society. His review of The Naming of America - Martin Waldsemüllers 1507 World Map and Cartographiae Introcutio appeared in the The Portolan, Issue 72 (Fall 2008). J. B. POST is a former map librarian and a former print photograph curator who is currently retired and involved in local history projects in the western Philadelphia suburbs. THOMAS SANDER is editor of The Portolan. DANIEL TRACHTENBERG, a retired physician, is an antique collector whose collections include powder horn maps, clocks, and early maps of America. JAMES V. WALKER is a retired physician whose collection interests focus on Western North America. --- Web Site for more information about the Washington Map Society is at its home page: http://www.washmap.org/ http://www.washmap.org A listing and index of the contents of all issues of 'The Portolan' is accessible at http://www.portolan.washmap.org/ http://www.portolan.washmap.org Also at this location is information on how to order and locate issues of the journal, and procedures for prospective authors. Membership/Subscription Cost: Subscription cost is the same as membership, and may be commenced at any time. To U.S. addresses, the cost is US $37.00 per year. To Canadian addresses the rate is US$42.00 per year. For other foreign addressees, the annual cost is US$ 56.00. Multiple year memberships/ subscriptions are available; the annual cost is reduced if a multiple year membership is chosen. All non-US address copies of the journal must be sent airmail; the US Postal Service ended the surface option in May 2007. Payment is accepted in US dollars only. Those outside the US may use PayPal. A membership/ subscription/PayPal details form can be found at the Washington Map Society Web Site. For further information, contact John Docktor at mailto:wash...@earthlink.net wash...@earthlink.net Current/Past Copies: Copies of 'The Portolan' beginning with issue 66 cost US$14.00 postpaid for US; $16 postpaid to Canada, and $20 to other foreign addresses. Payment is accepted in US dollars only. Foreign orders may be paid via PayPal; see above. Issues 65 and earlier are available at a lower cost. A discount is given for orders of multiple issues. See http://www.portolan.washmap.org/ http://www.portolan.washmap.org for details on ordering the current or past Portolans. Posted By: Thomas F. Sander Editor, 'The Portolan' Washington Map Society P.O. Box 10793 Burke, VA 22009-0793 USA Phone: 703.426.2880 International: +1.703.426.2880 E-mail: sande...@erols.com Washington Map Society Web Site: www.washmap.org http://www.washmap.org%20%0b Portolan Web Site: www.portolan.washmap.org http://www.portolan.washmap.org%20%20%0b ** excuse cross-posting ___ 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] In The Portolan, Issue 78: Maps of Virginia - The 1791 L'Enfant Plan for Washington, DC - Maps of the Gettysburg Campaign - Maps of Norway - Covens Mortier - Bagrow's History of Cartogra
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 + This thrice-yearly journal with articles on maps, the history of cartography, and exploration is the only journal of its kind in the Americas. Below is information on the issue just published. See http://www.portolan.washmap.org/ http://www.portolan.washmap.org for details on ordering the current or past issues of The Portolan. That link also takes the reader to the contents list of all back issues and an index to those issues. The focus of the society and the journal is not solely Washington; topics are widespread in scope. THE PORTOLAN: JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY ISSUE 78 (Fall 2010) -- Issue 78 (Fall 2010), consisting of 72 pages, was published in August 2010 and is now in distribution to all subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase. MARIANNE McKEE weaves a fascinating tale of a landmark map of Virgina, what led to its 1859 corrections, and how original copper plates of the map were used to produce 21st century maps. SCOTT BERG looks between the lines of LEnfants 1791 plan for the capital of the USA, and relates intended and unintended thoughts of the mapmaker. EARL McELFRESH provides fascinating insights about the role maps played in the events leading to the US Civil Wars battle of Gettysburg. Seven book reviews take the reader to maps of Norway, Covens Mortier, Spain, the USA (allegorical maps), Europe, Greece, in addition to the history of cartography. One article relates the formation of the Malta Map Society, while another describes the increasing mounting of maps to the Internet by the Library of Virginia. Four Washington Map Society events are described. And there is more. The Portolan is published three times per year; issue 79 is due for release in November 2010. CONTENTS OF ISSUE 78 FALL 2010 ARTICLES From Contracts to Copperplates: The Making of the 1827 State Map of Virginia, the Corrections in 1859, and the Copperplate Printing Project of 2004 by Marianne McKee The City Plan as Work of Art: Intended and Unintended Meanings in Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 Manuscript Plan of Washington, D.C by Scott Berg Mapping and Robert E. Lees Gettysburg Campaign by Earl McElfresh RECENT PUBLICATIONS This regular feature, a bibliographic listing of articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of cartography, is compiled by Joel Kovarsky. BOOK REVIEWS Maps and Mapping of Norway, 1602-1855 (Reviewer: Barbara McCorkle) Covens Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866 (Reviewer: Alice Hudson) History of Cartography; Enlarged Second Edition (Bagrow) (Reviewer: Bert Johnson) Kleiner Atlas Amerikanischer Überempfindlichkeiten (Reviewer: Imre Demhardt) Catalogo de cartographia, .. la Sociedad Bilbaina (Reviewer: Juan Ceva) Formatting Europe Mapping a Continent (Reviewer: Thomas Sander) Printed Maps of Greece, 1477-1800 (Reviewer: Bert Johnson) SHORTER ITEMS 1. Washington Map Society Meetings, September 2010 April 2011 2. Presidents Fall 2010 Letter, by Dennis Gurtz 3. Exhibitions and Meetings 4. Map Site Seeing 5. 2011 Ristow Prize Competition 6. Patricia Ann Vavra (1931 2010) 7. WMS Business Meeting, March 2010, by Steve Vogel 8. WMS Members Map Evening, March 2010, by Thomas Sander 9. WMS at the AAG, April 2010, by Thomas Sander 10. WMS Annual Dinner, May 2010, by Thomas Sander 11. The Malta Map Society, by Rod Lyon and Thomas Sander 12. Library of Virginia Online Map Collections, by Cassandra Farrell 13. Spotlight on the WMS Membership John F.C. Glenn, Fay Huidekoper-Cope, Ira S. Lourie 14. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE SCOTT W. BERG, Assistant Professor of English at http://www.gmu.edu George Mason University, is the author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles LEnfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington D.C. JUAN CEVA is Vice President for Southern California of the California Map Society. IMRE JOSEF DEMHARDT is Professor and the Jenkins and Virginia Garrett Chair in the History of Cartography of Cartography in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. CASSANDRA (SANDY) FARREL is Map Specialist and Senior Research Archivist at the Library of Virginia. ALICE HUDSON is the recently retired Chief of the Lionel Pincus Princess Firyal Map Division of The New York Public Library. She currently is on the faculty of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON, a past president of WMS and frequent
[MapHist] CALL FOR PAPERS - Society for the History of Discoveries - Portland Maine - September 2011
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 + Society for the History of Discoveries 52nd Annual Meeting 22-25 September 2011 Portland, Maine, USA CALL FOR PAPERS The Scholarly Activities Committee of the Society for the History of Discoveries invites those wishing to make a presentation at the Fifty-second Annual Meeting to submit a proposal to the chair of the committee at their earliest convenience. Proposal should be sent by email or snail-mail to: gregorymcint...@yahoo.com or Gregory McIntosh, P.O. Box 18112, Long Beach, CA 90807 USA. The deadline for the submission of proposals is Friday 29 April 2011. Presentations on all aspects of geographical discovery, exploration, voyages, maritime history, maps, cartography, European expansion, colonial settlement, and native responses are welcome. With Portland, Maine, as a venue, especially welcome are proposals emphasizing the host area, the U.S. Northeast, and the Atlantic World. The Osher Map Library of the University of South Maine in Portland will host the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries, 22-25 September 2011. This event brings together academic and lay scholars, and members from varied professions interested in the processes of discovery, exploration, colonization, and the maps and reports that resulted. The Society for the History of Discoveries (SHD) paper sessions will begin on Thursday 22 September, and will conclude on Sunday, September 25, 2011. Proposals may be up to 500 words in length and should include the following: - the title of the presentation - the author's name and address, including email address, and affiliation - an abstract summarizing the paper's scope and conclusions (max. 500 words) - a statement whether the presentation will include PowerPoint compatible images or digital audio recordings. Indicate anticipated audio-visual requirements - a brief biographic sketch of the author(s) Presenters interested in organizing a special session focused on a single theme are particularly encouraged. SHD members are also invited to send suggestions for sessions, speakers, and general program ideas. The time allotted for the presentation of papers is generally 30 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for question-and-answer. The audience at SHD meetings is diverse and includes academics and members of various professions. All are especially interested in the processes and consequences of geographical discovery and exploration. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings, photographs, illustrations of historical places, etc.). For the benefit of the audience all visuals have to be presented as PowerPoint projections. When selecting papers for presentation, preference will be given to papers that are intended for submission to the society's journal, Terrae Incognitae. Thank you. Program Committee: Gregory McIntosh (chair), Ron Fritze, Gerald Saxon Posted by: Thomas Sander SHD Web Content Manager ___ 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] Terrae Incognitae - Special Issue Fall 2012 - Exploration of Africa - CALL FOR ARTICLE PROPOSALS
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 Article Proposals Terrae Incognitae The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries Special Issue: Exploration of Africa Volume 44 (September 2012) With the recent change of Terrae Incognitae from one issue per year to two annual issues (Spring and Fall) the Editor and the Editorial Advisory Board decided to occasionally embrace with a special issue a specific topic or region. For the first special issue the exploration of Africa has been selected for the issue due in September 2012. The Society for the History of Discoveries invites members and all interested researchers to submit an abstract proposing an article to the guest editor of this special issue at their earliest convenience: Dr. Imre Josef Demhardt Professor Garrett Chair in the History of Cartography University of Texas at Arlington, Department of History, Box 19529 Arlington, Texas 76019 United States of America mailto:demha...@uta.edu demha...@uta.edu Proposals are welcome on all aspects of geographical discovery and exploration of the African continent , for example, the discovery, exploration, mapping from earliest times to the present, the explorers and the explored. Proposal submission should include - the suggested title of the article; - the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s), including email address, and affiliation; - an abstract summarizing the article's scope and conclusions (max. 500 words); - a statement about the originality of the contents of the article: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 March 2011. On reaching the deadline up to four proposed topics will be selected for the special issue of Terrae Incognitae and all submitters informed accordingly. The authors of accepted proposals will be given a reasonable period (about nine months) to prepare their articles. Posted by: Thomas Sander SHD Web Content Manager ___ 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] In The Portolan - Issues 80 and 79: South Pacific; Online Map Library Catalogs; Washington DC; US State Shapes; MapMaker John Eddy -- Marie Tharp' Ocean Floor Maps; Benjamin Banneker
Membership - Judith Jones, Jim Rems, Myron West 8. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander CONTENTS OF ISSUE 79 - WINTER 2010 ARTICLES New York City Map Maker John H. Eddy by David Y. Allen Marie Tharp and Her Ocean Floor Maps by Gary W. North Benjamin Banneker - An American Figure of Thought - Myths and Stories of the First African American Man of Science by William A. Stanley ICHC 2011 in Moscow by Bert Johnson Datum Cognita, or Finding Cartographic Data with a Desktop Search Engine by Leigh Lockwood RECENT PUBLICATIONS This regular feature, a bibliographic listing of articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of cartography, is compiled by Joel Kovarsky. BOOK/CD REVIEWS Mapping in Michigan http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3356 The Great Lakes Region (Reviewer: Rick LaPrairie) Historical Atlas of California http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520252585 (Reviewer: Eugene Scheel) Euskal Herria Museoa / Kartografia Biduma - Collection Cartografica /Collection Cartographique - The Map Collection (Reviewer: Juan Ceva) CD - Map World http://map-world.com/antique-maps.html 's Antique Map Catalogue for Collectors (Reviewer: Leigh Lockwood) SHORTER ITEMS 1. Washington Map Society Meetings, December 2010 - May 2011 2. President's Winter 2010 Letter, by Dennis Gurtz 3. Ristow Prize 2010 Winners Announced 4. Exhibitions and Meetings 5. Map Site Seeing 6. Letters to the Editor 7. Ristow Prize Competition 2011 8. Spotlight on the WMS Membership - Barry Haack, Patricia Marshall, William (Chip) Reynolds 9. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander + AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS IN THE TWO ISSUES ABOVE DAVID Y. ALLEN, Map Librarian (retired) at Stony Brook University (State University of New York), is editor of Coordinates: The Online Journal of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/coordinates.htm DAN BAILEY and LINDSAY SCHROADER. Dan is director of the Imaging Research Center (IRC) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County http://www.irc.umbc.edu/ ; Lindsay is a Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist in the IRC. MEGAN BARFORD, the winner of the 2010 Dr. Walter W. Ristow Prize for Academic Achievement in the History of Cartography, is a 2010 graduate (Modern History) of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. JUAN CEVA is Vice President for Southern California of the California Map Society. HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON, a frequent contributor to The Portolan, has attended the last six ICHCs and looks forward to Moscow http://www.ichc2011.ru/ . ALF JORDAN has supported historical cartography as Secretary-treasurer of the Associates of the Osher Map Library and as Secretary-treasurer of the CartoPhilatelic Society. JOEL KOVARSKY is proprietor of The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps Books. RICK LaPRAIRIE, a geographer and past executive of the Upper Canada Map Society, works as a land use planning policy analyst in Toronto. LEIGH LOCKWOOD lived in Mexico for more than 30 years. His technical experience began with a Radio Shack 100 in the early 1980's in which programs were loaded from a cassette tape. Innate curiosity, compulsion to tinker, ongoing quest for efficiency, and maintenance of local and remote networks in two languages provide the basis for current proficiency. NANCY GODDIN MILLER and MICHAEL MILLER. Nancy is a charter member and past president of the Washington Map Society. Mike is also a member of the WMS. GARY W. NORTH joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1969; worked with the EROS Program; was chief of the National Cartographic Information Center; the Publications Division; and Assistant Chief of the National Mapping Division where he was responsible for the collection and dissemination of all USGS Earth Science information. As President of North Arrow, Ltd. he has worked under contract to the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/ as curator of the Heezen-Tharp collection of oceanographic mapping materials http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awgmd7/women_geog.html . RICHARD PFLEDERER, a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Portolan, is the author of several books on the subject of portolan charts. THOMAS SANDER is editor of The Portolan. EUGENE SCHEEL's latest hand-drawn historical map is of Warren County, Virginia; it is one of many this Virginia historian and map maker has done. Currently writing an agricultural history of his home county of Loudoun, he writes the Piedmont Stories column for The Washington Post newspaper. WILLIAM A. STANLEY, retired Chief Historian of the U. S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Adm. (NOAA), is the owner of Cartographic Associates, an antique map
[MapHist] CALL FOR PAPERS - Society for the History of Discoveries - Pasadena, California - September 2012
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 + Society for the History of Discoveries 53rd Annual Meeting 27-30 September 2012 Pasadena, California, USA CALL FOR PAPERS The Program Committee of the Society for the History of Discoveries invites those wishing to make a presentation at this meeting to submit a proposal to the chair of the committee at their earliest convenience: mailto:demha...@uta.edu demha...@uta.edu , Imre Josef Demhardt, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of History, Box 19529, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA / Tel: 817-272-0122. The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2012. Presentations on all aspects of geographical discovery and exploration are welcome. To emphasize the host area of the 2012 meeting proposals on Greater California and the Pacific Region are especially encouraged. The SHD paper sessions will begin on Friday, September28, and will conclude at mid-day on Saturday, September 29. Preliminary meeting schedule is at http://www.sochistdisc.org/2012_annual_meeting.htm Proposals due on April 15, 2012, should include the following: - the title of the presentation - the author's name and address, including email address, and affiliation - an abstract summarizing the paper's scope and conclusions (max. 500 words) - a statement about the originality of the contents of the paper: how much is new, unpublished material, based on research in primary sources, etc. - a statement whether the presentation will include PowerPoint compatible images or digital audio recordings - a brief biographic sketch of the author(s) Both SHD members and the general public are invited to send suggestions for sessions, speakers, and general program ideas. To encourage paper proposals from graduate students and younger emerging scholars, SHD can pick up to three submissions on grounds of academic merit and enable their presentation in person at the meeting by awarding a stipend of $ 500 each to help with travel to and accommodation in Pasadena as well the meeting registration costs. The time allotted for the presentation of papers is up to 30 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for question-and-answer. The audience at SHD meetings is diverse and includes academics and members of various professions. All are especially interested in the processes and consequences of geographical exploration and discovery. Presenters are encouraged to use images (maps, paintings, photographs, etc.). For the benefit of the audience all visuals have to be presented as PowerPoint projections. When selecting papers for presentation, preference will be given to papers that are intended for submission to the society's journal, Terrae Incognitae. Thank you. Program Committee: Imre Josef Demhardt (chair), Bill Warren, Gregory McIntosh, Lauren Beck, and Don McGuirk. Posted by: Thomas Sander SHD Web Content Manager ___ 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] Anthropomorphic maps
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 + Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/30/magazine/mag-04economy-map.htm l Tom Sander Burke VA From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of J. B. Post Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:35 PM To: maphist@geo.uu.nl Subject: [MapHist] Anthropomorphic maps On p.20 of THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE for 4 December 2011 is a map (of sorts) reminiscent of those political maps of Europe showing individuals in the shape of the country. The NYTM one, by Andrew Rae, is economic, not political. 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] Map-related presentation at Library of Congress - January 26, 2012 - The People Behind the Formation of the States’ Borders to Be Discussed
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 + Forwarded by: Tom Sander Washington Map Society + LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington, DC 20540 Jan. 10, 2012 Press contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217, g...@loc.gov Public contact: Center for the Book (202) 707-5221, cfb...@loc.gov Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6382 (voice/tty) or a...@loc.gov The People Behind the Formation of the States’ Borders to Be Discussed “How the States Got Their Shapes Too” Is Mark Stein’s New Book Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take 10 years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained in Mark Stein’s new book. “How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The People Behind the Borderlines” (Smithsonian Press, 2011) is the sequel to Stein’s “How the States Got Their Shapes” (2008). But while the first book told us why the states look as they do, this book tells us who shaped them. Stein will discuss and sign his new work on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 at noon in the Mumford Room, located on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by the Center for the Book as part of its Books Beyond author series, is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. The people featured in “How the States Got Their Shapes Too” lived from the colonial era right up to the present. Some are famous, such as Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster; others are not. Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. Stein has also taught writing and drama at American University and Catholic University. His previous book, “How the States Got Their Shapes,” a New York Times best-seller, was the basis for The History Channel's documentary of the same name. Stein’s book is also the subject of a discussion on Facebook. The Books Beyond Book Club is available at www.facebook.com/booksandbeyond/. Here readers can discuss books, the authors of which have appeared or will appear in this series. The site also offers links to webcasts of these events and asks readers to talk about what they have seen and heard. Since its creation by Congress in 1977 to “stimulate public interest in books and reading,” the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (www.Read.gov/cfb/) has become a major national force for reading and literacy promotion. A public-private partnership, it sponsors educational programs that reach readers of all ages, nationally and internationally. The center provides leadership for affiliated state centers for the book (including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and nonprofit reading-promotion partners and plays a key role in the Library’s annual National Book Festival. It also oversees the Library’s Read.gov website and administers the Library’s Young Readers Center. # # # PR 12-009 01/10/12 ISSN 0731-3527 ___ 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
