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H-Maps Discussions and Queries
Thank you so much Thomas. I'll poke around some more and keep these suggestions in mind.
As an fyi - the measurements are 25 x 49 cm
As of now I cannot point you in the direction of the larger map but some elements I noticed might help date it.
- There is a small row of houses (some of the only buildings on the map) with the label 'St Iage de la Niego' - more commonly known as 'Santiago de la Vega' and now known as Spanish Town. It has been known as Spanish Town since the English conquest in 1655, though it is still given the original Spanish name on John Thornton's map of 1689.
- In the area marked Cagway Harbour it is noticeably missing either Kingston (post 1692 earthquake) or Port Royal (pre 1692 earthquake)
Hello all,
I have a map that appears to be a portion from a larger map. The map was given the date 1704 with a question mark though that may be off.
https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/19846/rec/1
Does anyone recognize which map this may have come from?
Thanks in advance!
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H-Maps Announcements
Following on from the meeting organised on 25 November 2023 in Paris on the intersections between art and cartography, the History Commission of the Comité Français de Cartographie is organising a study day entitled "Cartography and Cinema" on 6 December 2024 in Paris, at the National Institut d'histoire de l'art.
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Please join us for the next Maps & Society lecture on February 22, 5 – 7pm (GMT). Jointly convened with the Hakluyt Society, Matthew Day (University of Derby) will be speaking on 'For the Benefit of the Nation? Richard Hakluyt's Principall Navigations (1589, 1598–1600) and Its Readers'.
For those attending in person, please note that the lecture will be held in Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House (London WC1E 7HU).
Announcing a new thematic issue of Acta Geographica Slovenica 63-2, including five articles on historical cartography. Posted on behalf of Primož Gašperič, PhD., Head of the Geographical Museum, Research Associate: primoz.gasperic@zrc-sazu.si
Go to: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/issue/view/958
Please join us for the next Maps & Society lecture on January 25th, 5 – 7pm (GMT), to hear Felix de Montety (Université Grenoble Alpes) speak on the ‘The Birth of the Isogloss: Remarks on the Problem of Language Borders in the History of Cartography’. The meeting will take place in person and online.
For those planning to attend in person, please note that the lecture will not be held at the Warburg Institute but nearby in Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House (London, WC1E 7HU).
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Maps Around H-net
New Featured Content from Bloomsbury/ABC-CLIO's World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras academic database!
We are glad to share the CFP for the international conference:
Spaces and Routes. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature and Cartography
Dear All:
Last night, the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education opened an exhibition that I curated, called "A Pageant of Spectacles: Chromolithography in America." It's all about the process of chromo and how it was used in visualizing environmental process and in creating realistic imagery of places, as well as in creating attractive works that appeal to popular sentiment.
There will be a web version of the labels and images, all of which came from OML's collections, but I don't know when. We're also talking about a printed, full-color catalog, which we'll work on
French Modern Language Notes