@twitter IMCoS Map Journal, March 2025 issue features an undocumented Le Rouge map of London; Saul Steinberg's extraordinary map projection; and mapping with animals.
Prof Susan Schulten gives the IMCoS Malcolm Young lecture on cartographer Richard Edes Harrison. From the 1930s through the 1950s, he produced hundreds of stunning maps and graphics that upended our understanding of geography. Registration is free at Eventbrite.
#IMCoS Map Journal No 176: Chapeaurouge's Argentine cadastral atlas by Simon Morris; Gallery of maps in the Salzburg Residenz; The Curious Tale of "Clancy of the Overflow": European settlement in Australia in the nineteenth century.
#IMCoS Map Journal No 175: Dalrymple, rare atlas of charts found; 19th-century French 'atlas' in blocks; 18th-century Spanish maps of the Greater Southwest.
A Jordanian friend emailed me after hearing @SayeedaWarsi on @RestIsPolitics LEADING this morning “I don’t know this lady but I was hit in the eyes by her clarity, conviction and compassion.” 👇🏻 it is again in her speech in the Lords. And here the pod https://t.co/ieQTcj6vQh
This time last week I had the privilege of giving a lecture at the oldest library in America, the Charleston Library Society. It's been a delight digging around in their collections and I can't wait to return in the future.
If you’ve ever wondered how the law affected map making and the circulation of geographical knowledge from c15 to c20 your wait is nearly over! It’s been a long journey but finally publishing next week 🥂😊📖@hartpublishing#maphistory#copyrightlaw
When I told my dad I was off to Graz for #DH2023 he quipped that he was arrested in Graz twice for street theatre in 1979. Coincidentally, this story has revealed the wonderful #digitalarchive for the Steirischerherbst festival! Worlds collide!
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