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Juan de la Cosa’s Projection: A Fresh Analysis of the Earliest Preserved Map of the Americas
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2010-05-24)
Previous cartographic studies of the 1500 map by Juan de La Cosa have found substantial and difficult-to-explain errors in latitude, especially for the Antilles and the Caribbean coast. In this study, a mathematical ...
The History of Cartography in a Nutshell
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2008-06-03)
his is a very short history of cartography. Notes and links to images are included at the end.
A Mirror of Our World: Google Earth and the History of Cartography
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2009-08-20)
Google Earth is widely admired as one of the most advanced and powerful products of modern computerized cartography. It has been praised as a revolutionary new way of viewing the earth, as the first convincing attempt at ...
Editorial: Cartographic Journals— A Look Back and Prospects for the Future
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2005-10-05)
This article reviews the recent history of journal publishing in the the fields of cartography, GIS, history of cartography, and related subjects. The impact of the Internet and Web-based publishing on cartographic journals ...
Commentary to "The So-Called Velasco Map: A Case of Forgery?"
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2006-02-14)
This article discusses David Y. Allen, "The So-Called Velasco Map: A Case of Forgery?" (Coordinates, Series A, no. 5).
The So-Called “Velasco Map”: A Case of Forgery?
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2006-02-14)
This article examines a well-known map of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada allegedly made in or around 1610. The map was uncovered in the Spanish Archives at Simancas in 1887. Supposedly, it is a copy ...
Teaching the History of Cartography: A Case for the Marriage of Special Collections and Distance Learning
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2006-09-25)
Very few institutions offer introductory courses in the history of cartography. Distance learning is a way to make this type of course more widely available. This paper discusses the ways in which special collections ...
The Map that Named America: Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map
(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2005-08-29)
This brief overview of the history of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map and its acquisition by the Library of Congress is presented as a complement to John Hessler's article, "Warping Waldseemüller: A Cartometric Study of ...