[MapHist] Query: Arno Peters controversy

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 list, I am going to prepare a research project on the Peters projection controversy. Probably many of you know the story:

Re: [MapHist] Query:Gall-Peters projection

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 + It would be nice if James Gall got some of the credit (following from Wikipedia): The Gall–Peters projection, named after

[MapHist] Dr. A. Petermann's Mitteilungen... 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 + A thorough digital archives of the Petermann's maps would be a fabulous resource. I think at present there are only scattered

RE: [MapHist] Query: Arno Peters controversy

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 Stefan Have a look at my father's reaction (from University of Leuven, Belgium) to the Peters projection: - Depuydt, Frans

[MapHist] John Melish's Map of Indiana

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, I am looking for information regarding the erroneous placement of Lake Michigan in some of John Melish's early maps

Re: [MapHist] Dr. A. Petermann's Mitteilungen... 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 + A study in German was published in the PGM in 1978 : Stams, Werner: Die Kartographie in den ersten 30 Jahrgängen von ‘Petermanns

Re: [MapHist] Query: Arno Peters controversy

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, I took some while before replying to the message of Stefan, as it is important to get quiet and count up to ten thousand

[MapHist] RE: John Melish's Map of Indiana

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 + Ms. Howell: As you indicated in your question, several of Melish's Map of the United States of America... show Lake Michigan in

Re: [MapHist] John Melish's Map of Indiana

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 isn't a direct answer, and I'm not sure where Melish got his information, but that erroneous configuration for Lake Michigan