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I hope this is just the first of many really cool similar projects. This is a great introduction to ebooks - or what do you call this format? Best wishes and best of luck, Leigh From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of Jeremy Pool Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:15 PM To: Discussion group for map history Subject: [MapHist] Publication announcement: Mer de l'Ouest by Don McGuirk (With apologies for any cross-posting.) Publication Announcement: The Last Great Cartographic Myth - Mer de l'Ouest by Don McGuirk This cartobibliography traces the appearance of the mythical Sea of the West on printed maps. This imagined extension of the Pacific Ocean into the North American continent - reflecting the hopes and dreams of a Northwest Passage - appeared on printed maps beginning in 1700 and continued to appear for over a century. The cartobibliography describes and illustrates 239 maps (many described in multiple states and versions), and is accompanied by an introductory overview as well as the first translation into English of J.N. De L'Isle's Nouvelles Cartes des Decouvertes de l'Amiral De Fonte, which was a prime factor behind the appearance of Mer de l'Ouest on maps published in the 18th century. This cartobibliography is published on a USB flash drive, for use under MS/Windows. The flash drive format provides a number of advantages over a printed book: > Copious high-resolution imagery. Most of the entries are accompanied by one or more high-resolution images. Map images can be viewed at full (zoomed in) resolution, or scaled to fit the image window. Multiple image windows can be opened simultaneously, allowing side-by-side comparison of map images. > Fully searchable and sortable: by map-maker, title, date, or any (or all) of the available fields. > Hyperlinks: The cartobibliography utilizes clickable hyperlinks to let you jump between related entries and to open up web pages containing related information (e.g. additional online imagery, WorldCat citations, etc.). > Portable: The flash drive weighs 2 grams (8 grams when stored in its credit-card sized case), yet holds nearly half a gigabyte of text, data and imagery. > Updateable: The author and publisher will release periodic updates, which will be available as a simple (and relatively small) download from the publisher's website. Instead of errata sheets or addenda & corrigenda pages, the updates will bring the entire cartobibliography up-to-date with the latest additions, corrections and imagery. The cartobibliography is available ($45 plus shipping) directly from the publisher, MapRecord Publications. Further information is available at www.MapRecord.com/MerOuest.html.
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