Checklist: Maps of Mahon Harbour 1700-1786
Mahon Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world, a deep inlet extending some three…
Four Editions of Fries’ Geographia of Ptolemy
The 1522 Strasbourg Edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia This reduced version follows the arrangement of Waldseemuller’s edition, with the…
Biography: Lorenz Fries
Lorenz (Laurent) Fries was born in Alsace in 1490 or thereabouts, describing himself on one occasion as from…
Beginner’s Guide: Woodcuts
While engraving became the predominant technique for the production of printing maps in the period 1472 to 1830,…
Shadow of the Moon: 18th Century Solar Eclipse Mapping
Although nowadays we regard eclipses of the sun as natural albeit spectacular astronomical events, even as late as…