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Lee
Jackson
1 November 2001 |
Winter 2001 catalogue: including Merula world map, Braun & Hogenberg Moscow & Pundit's Map Showing the Route Survey from Nepal to Lhasa, 1868. |
Richard B. Arkway,
Inc
27 November 2001 |
Catalogue 55, including an extremely rare Goos/Blaeu sea chart of Europe printed on vellum & world maps by Geelkercken, Vrients, Van Der Keere & Danckerts. |
Leen Helmink
5 December 2001 |
Revised web catalogue, including the Wytfliet map of New England, De Laet maps of Florida and Canada & Ramusio maps of the Americas and New England |
Richard B. Arkway,
Inc
10 December 2001 |
Recent acquisitions, including the rare first issues, with Rue des Canettes imprints, of Guillaume de L'Isle's landmark maps of Mexico and Canada, 1703. |
Altea Maps
& Books
14 December 2001 |
50 recent acqusitions, including world maps by Bordone, Bünting, Honter & Walton, and Speed's Heptarchy. |
J.A.L.Franks
16 December 2001 |
Winter 2001 Catalogue, concentrating on miniature maps. |
Leen Helmink
25 December 2001 |
Updated web catalogue, including Ortelius maps of the Americas, China & Japan, and Mercator maps of the Americas and Arctic. |
Tooley Adams
2 January 2002 |
Recent Acquisitions, with maps by: Ortelius, Bill, Bear, Smith, Meisner, Jansson, and Weigel, also Blaeu & Hondius World maps. |
Richard B. Arkway,
Inc
10 January 2002 |
Recent Acquisitions, including Petrini's extremely rare wall map of the world, c.1700, and Heinrich Buenting's volume on the Holy Land complete with the series of allegorical curiosity maps of the world and continents, 1597. |
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Dear Editor
I am a PhD student studying medieval and early modern crannogs, or loch dwellings, in Scotland and wondered if you knew of any enthusiasts who might know of any maps on which they might be shown? Matthew Shelley
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Dear Editor
I have a map titled "Imperio D'Allemagna duiso in dieci Cerchi quali Cerchi sono ne suoi principali Stati", with "Il Regno Di Boemia e le PROVINCIE de esso dependenti nuouam ruiuisto e corretto per N SANORE Geografo ord del Re Chrifhanis" and " Edi nuevo dato in luce da Gio Giacomo de rofsi in Roma alla pace con Priuil del S Pont 1673" It seems to be of the European region. I am really just trying to figure out if it is an original and what the signifance of this map is. Adam Goodliss
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Dear Editor
Thank you for the interesting material about Sebastian Münster (issue 10). As I am the happy owner of maps of Denmark from six different editions of Münster's Cosmographia, I search for a complete list (1544-1628) of the Cosmographia's editions. Do you know if a list exists? Yours sincerely
Dear Editor I am very interested in finding a facsimile of what is available from the 'Cosmographia' of Sebastian Munster. Are there any publishers that have compiled a book of these wonderful maps, articles etc ? If so, I would be most appreciative if you could direct me to the proper sources. Joseph Amburgey
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Dear Editor
I have aquired 2 maps performed by John Speed dated 1610. They were left to me by my now deceased grandfather. 1/ Ridings of Yorkshire
They look very old, which is why my curiousity about these maps has grown. I would appreciate some insight to what I have come to own, both for the $ value and for the family historical background. Thank you Samantha Collie.
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Dear Editor
The Bodleian map library suggested I ask you to help me with a question regarding Moses Pitt's English Atlas, specifically a map of the Frankfurt area of Germany in Volume II. I sincerely hope that you can. My German Grandfather (93) is a keen local historian who is trying to establish whether the drawing of the church in the village of Goetzenhain (SSE of the city) is based on real observation, or whether it is merely a symbol. The actual church burned down soon after the map was published, and, if it is indeed a true representation of it, it will be the only one in existence, and the only clue as how to the original church must have looked. As far as I can see, the map style is almost unique in the English Atlas - almost all of the others do seem to work with keys and symbols. The only similar style is for the neighbouring region of Wertheim. On that map, the words 'comitatus wertheimici finitarumque regionum nova et exacta descriptio' appear. They would suggest that the maps are indeed true to life - however that could just be wishful thinking. Is there any way of finding out whether the map of Frankfurt is based on real descriptions, or even where it would have originated. I can find no clues in any of the volumes as to whence Pitt sourced his maps. My Grandfather and I would be most helpful for any help/advice you can give us! Best wishes Oliver Cartwright
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Dear Editor
I would guess the map is from the Grand Atlas (Atlas Maior). The lot of maps which I came to possess appear to have been excised from a single atlas. Among them are Regna Congo e Angola, Insula S. Lavrentii, the group of Brazilian maps originally from Barlaeus's "Rerum per octennium in Brasilia" and others I believe are not found in earlier Blaeu atlases. In addition, also included is a map titled "NOVA et Accurata BRASILAE totius TABULA (Auctore IOANNE BLAEV I.F.). It is my understanding this map (BRASILAE) did not appear at all in any Blaeu atlas, and only increases my overall curiosity. All the maps are blank on verso. Any insight or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Tony D
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Dear Editor
I have a Saxton/Kip map which has been pasted on a board and I am seeking advice as to floating it off as it is full colour is it advisable to do this? Yours faithfully David D'Aish
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Dear Editor
I want to know more about the woodcuts in the 1525 Strasburg edition of Ptolemy's Geographia: why some people attribute these to Dürer and why others say this is probably wrong. --
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The Trustees of the J B Harley Research Fellowships Trust Fund are pleased to announce the ninth series of awards, offering support at a rate of £250 [sterling] per week. The fellowships are designed to assist research in the London map collections:- Dr Lisa Davis Allen (University of Texas at Tyler, College of Arts & Sciences, United States) ‘Abraham Ortelius’s “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”: frontispiece and author’s portrait, variation of color palettes in multiple language editions’ (2 weeks). Dr Gretchen E Gaynor (Independent scholar, United States) ‘John Dee’s scientific contribution as a geographer and cartographer’ (3 weeks). Dr Giuseppe Ragone (Universitá degli Studi “Roma Tre”, Dipartimento di Studi sul Mondo Antico, Rome, Italy) ‘Critical edition of, and historical commentary on, Cristoforo Buondelmonti’s “Liber insularum Archipelagi”: the manuscripts preserved in London collections’ (3 weeks).
17 submissions were received this time. For details of past awards, numbers of applicants, and extracts from Fellows’ reports, see:- http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/harlflws.html [part of the 'Map History' gateway site] For information about applying for a Fellowship (closing date 1st November) please e-mail or write (preferably saying where you saw this notice) to:- Tony Campbell, Hon. Sec., Harley Fellowships, 76 Ockendon Road,
London N1 3NW, UK.
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After eighteen years in Covent Garden Lee Jackson has closed his shop in Southampton Street His new details are: Mailing address
[email protected]
Tel: 020 7625 2157
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The National Library of Scotland has launched two new websites displaying high-resolution map images. You can get to them by visiting http://www.nls.uk/maps/ or via the NLS digital library home page. Our earlier website on Timothy Pont's 16th century manuscript maps of Scotland is now available through this link or directly to http://www.nls.uk/pont/ 1. MAPS OF SCOTLAND 1560-1769
As well as being available through the Digital Library web pages, these map images are also linked to catalogue records in the Library's Main Catalogue http://main-cat.nls.uk 2. MILITARY MAPS OF SCOTLAND (18th century)
As with the Pont Maps Website, it is possible to zoom in and pan across
the maps to see the smallest details.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Please send any comments or suggestions about the website to [email protected] ****************************************************
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