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Bob,
awfully interesting! But you need to contact a keen latin paleographer as the
writings seem older than the supposed 1500 and a
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Dear Friends,
The North East Map Organization's (NEMO) Annual Meeting is nearly here (June
2-3 at Boston Public Library). It is no
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Sebastian
For a reliable calculation you might visit the website of the
International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam: Th
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Dear John,
Jacques de Michal (about 1680 to about 1750) was a French military
cartographer. There are several manuscript maps kn
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An economist approach; you need to find the price of some good that can be
compared to a similar good today - not easy given the
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A large collection of data on historical prices & wages world wide, incl. in
the Low Countries, can be found on line at: http://www.
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It is very hard if not impossible to define the cost of an atlas in Ortelius'
time with those of today. A skilled scraftman i