[MapHist] Lafreri Holy land maps

2010-04-14 Thread Alfred Moldovan
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 + I just had the occasion to compare the Lafrerei Salamanca 1548 Holy Land, to the Lafreri Camacio 1568 (#3 Sotheby London Auction

RE: [MapHist] Lafreri Holy land maps

2010-04-14 Thread Alfred Moldovan
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 + I have just examined the two maps on-line side by side on two screens and there is no question that the Camacio 1568 (273mm X

RE: [MapHist] Lafreri Holy land maps

2010-04-14 Thread Cook, Andrew
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 + Usually better to posit that the impression you have represents 'a later state' rather than 'a second state' (or, worse, 'the

RE: [MapHist] Lafreri Holy land maps

2010-04-14 Thread Alfred Moldovan
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 + I stand corrected. Later State is more accurate. The sizes are from the descriptions in the sources. There is no indication as to

[MapHist] Winchester wall map

2010-04-14 Thread Nick Millea
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 All, Apologies for cross-posting. Please excuse this plug for a rather splendid map product A number of map collections

[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

2010-04-14 Thread Thomas Sander
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

[MapHist] map state

2010-04-14 Thread Alfred Moldovan
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 + How does one differentiate between a copy and later state of a map? Al Alfred Moldovan, MD 444 Central Park West New York, NY

RE: [MapHist] map state

2010-04-14 Thread joel
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 + As an adjunct to the remarks below, I would suggest reading Tony Campbell's 1989 article, Understanding Engraved Maps:

[MapHist] RE: Maphist Digest, Vol 56, Issue 12

2010-04-14 Thread Kenneth Nebenzahl
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 + Dr. A.M., Regarding the 1537 Mercator 'Holy Land', have a look at my 'Mapping the Holy Land', NY, Abbeville, 1986: plate 24. This

[MapHist] Maps of Murder: Dell Books and ‘Hard-Boiled’ Cartography

2010-04-14 Thread Joel Kovarsky
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