The result is a distinctive illustrated guide to the world. Spanning many centuries, all continents, and the realms of outer space and the imagination, this collection of 138 unique graphics combines beautiful full-color illustrations with quirky statistics and smart social commentary. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F.An intriguing collection of more than one hundred out-of-the-ordinary maps, blending art, history, and pop culture for a unique atlas of humanity Spotlight on the WMS Membership – Patricia Seed, Stefan Shrier, Henry Taliaferro 7. President’s Spring 2010 Letter, by Howard LangeĦ.
Washington Map Society Meetings, April – May 2010Ģ. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities (Reviewer: J.B. Juan Antonio González Cañaveras Planisferio o carta general de la Tierra, Madrid 1800 (Reviewer: Juan Ceva) Miniature Maps of Malta (Reviewer: Howard Lange) The Writings of David Thompson, Volume 1: The Travels, 1850 Version (Reviewer: James Walker) Mapping the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul (Reviewer: Bert Johnson) The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A 15th Century Maritime Manuscript (Reviewer: Richard Pflederer) The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America its Name (Reviewer: Peter Porrazzo) 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.
Maps on Antique American Grandfather Clocks by Daniel TrachtenbergĪ WMS Evening at the Folger Shakespeare Library by Hal Hardaway
Postwar Cartography and the Struggle to Build (and Destroy) the World Picture: A Few Case Studies by Matthew D. The Forgotten “First Map with the Name of AMERICA” (The 1520 Apianus World Map: History, Census and Comparison with Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map) by Don McGuirk Postal Maps by Larry Caldwell and Michael Buehler Picturing a Networked Nation: Abraham Bradley’s Landmark U.S.
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