[MapHist] Bonner's Chart of the River Canada ca. 1710

2010-08-23 Thread S. Max Edelson
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 + There is a textual reference to a chart of the St. Lawrence made by John Bonner {or Bonnor}consulted by British commanders of the

[Maphist] George M Schilling -- rolling a globe around the world

2010-08-23 Thread Pappas
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 + Hello! My name is Nancy Pappas and George Schilling was my great- grandfather. His last remaining cheldren (my grandmother and

Re: [MapHist] MCG Cambridge Sept 2010--last call for reduced fees!

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Braeken
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 + To all : the room-availability link http://rooms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/BnB/Step1.aspx. does not work ; does this mean : no more

[MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying

2010-08-23 Thread Lynn Brant
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 am trying to research whether the following scenario is/was possible and would appreciate any insight. First, we are talking

RE: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying

2010-08-23 Thread Charles Burroughs
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 + Now you've got me curious, also. Does it appear that the chiseled holes might have been made with a star drill or were they more

[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

2010-08-23 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

RE: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying

2010-08-23 Thread Francis Herbert
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 + Lynn Brant: You could also direct your enquiry by e-mail to an acknowledged historian of surveying - Mr J.R. Smith (e-mail: