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Apocalyptic Cartography

Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript

By: Chet Van Duzer,Ilya Dines

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Apocalyptic Cartography

Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript

By: Chet Van Duzer,Ilya Dines

In Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript, Chet Van Duzer and Ilya Dines analyse Huntington Library HM 83, an unstudied manuscript produced in Lübeck, Germany. The manuscript contains a rich collection of world maps produced by an anonymous but strikingly original cartographer. These include one of the earliest programs of thematic maps, and a remarkable series of maps that illustrate the transformations that the world was supposed to undergo during the Apocalypse. The authors supply detailed discussion of the maps and transcriptions and translations of the Latin texts that explain the maps. Copies of the maps in a fifteenth-century manuscript in Wolfenbüttel prove that this unusual work did circulate. A brief article about this book on the website of National Geographic can be found here.

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Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence

By: Chet Van Duzer

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Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence

By: Chet Van Duzer

This book presents groundbreaking new research on a fifteenth-century world map by Henricus Martellus, c. 1491, now at Yale. The importance of the map had long been suspected, but it was essentially unstudiable because the texts on it had faded to illegibility. Multispectral imaging of the map, performed with NEH support in 2014, rendered its texts legible for the first time, leading to renewed study of the map by the author. This volume provides transcriptions, translations, and commentary on the Latin texts on the map, particularly their sources, as well as the place names in several regions. This leads to a demonstration of a very close relationship between the Martellus map and Martin Waldseemüller’s famous map of 1507. One of the most exciting discoveries on the map is in the hinterlands of southern Africa. The information there comes from African sources; the map is thus a unique and supremely important document regarding African cartography in the fifteenth century. This book is essential reading for digital humanitarians and historians of cartography.

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Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

By: Chet Van Duzer

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Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

By: Chet Van Duzer

This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can’t be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller’s radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography.

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Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps

By: Chet Van Duzer

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Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps

By: Chet Van Duzer

This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps. It addresses the history of their development, the sources cartographers used in creating them, and the political, economic, historical, and philosophical messages their symbols convey. Cartouches are the most visually appealing parts of maps, and also spaces where the cartographer uses decoration to express his or her interests—so they are key to interpreting maps. The book discusses thirty-three cartouches in detail, which range from 1569 to 1821, and were chosen for the richness of their imagery. The book will open your eyes to a new way of looking at maps.

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9004523839

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Apocalyptic Cartography

Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript

By: Chet Van Duzer,Ilya Dines

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Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript

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Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

By: Chet Van Duzer,Lauren Beck

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Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

By: Chet Van Duzer,Lauren Beck

Each of the maps featured in this book was showcased in the exhibition “Canada before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping,” which took place in several locations, both in Canada and abroad, in Fall of 2017. The authors provide a scholarly study highlighting the importance and unique features of each of these jewels of cartographic history, with particular attention paid to how they demonstrate the development of Canadian identity at the same time that they reveal Indigenous knowledge of the lands now known as Canada.

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Vernon Press

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Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence

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Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

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Study and Transcription of the Long Legends

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Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

By: Chet Van Duzer,Lauren Beck

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Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516

By: Chet Van Duzer

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Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516

By: Chet Van Duzer

This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller's Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can't be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller's radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

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Apocalyptic Cartography

Apocalyptic Cartography

Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps

Frames that Speak: Cartouches on Early Modern Maps

Apocalyptic Cartography

Apocalyptic Cartography

Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491)

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition

Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516

Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516

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