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| ANN: [CORRECTED TIME] Turning the world inside out: T-O maps in an English almanac (c 1420) | May 4, 2022 9:58am | Discussion |
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| ANNL Upcoming lecture: Turning the world inside out: T-O maps in an English almanac (c 1420) | May 3, 2022 10:47am | Discussion |
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I'm by no means an expert on this material, but what you describe sounds like what they call "Plan Book Plans" at the notarial archives in New Orleans. There aren't a lot of examples of them online, but a few pages into the the first item here: http://www.orleanscivilclerk.com/ADVS.html there are some examples.
Adam Cox
MS Geography/MLIS student at Louisiana State University
Geospatial Developer
Thank you EVERYONE for your assistance with this question. I checked with the Wisconsin Historical Society, which has a copy on the oclc record 12876011. WHS updated one of the notes in their local OPAC to indicate that the autograph is not manuscript but part of the facsimile. Susan Krueger, from WHS, sent me photos of her copy and it is a match to ours although our sizes are a little off. She said WHS acquired their copy in 1930 from LOC.
For those interested in tracking the Library of Congress reference (although this may not help Angie), the library holds two late 19th-century reproductions:
[I'm posting this on behalf of John Cloud, expert on the US Coast and Geodetic Survey (C&GS) library and its history]
Hi All,
I've also been alerted that the time was wrong in the original message. Below is the announcement with the correct time and a working link!
The Maps and Society lecture (Warburg Institute, London) 'Turning the world inside out: T-O maps in an English almanac (c 1420)' for May will be given by Kevin Wittmann (University of La Laguna) on 19 May 2022, 5:00PM - 7:00PM BST. Please register beforehand.
Hi All,
For some reason the link in the original post did not work as intended. This link to the Maps and Society lecture given by Kevin Wittmann (University of La Laguna) should work.
Massimo Rossi discusses the map with the audience (photo by Marco Pavan)
Society For the History of Discoveries Lecture Series
