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I find this way of editing, on USB drive instead of paper or PDF/ePub/etc, very innovative and interesting. I have got two questions for the editor: 1) How do you intend (if you do) to protect the contents of the USB drive from copying? 2) Do you plan to apply standard copyright terms or some alternative license? Regards, Luis A. Robles Macías PS: I have created this new Gmail address specifically for MapHist as my usual e-mail (lroblesm at uoc dot edu) is apparently no longer able to send messages to this list. 2011/3/15 Jeremy Pool <jeremyp...@comcast.net> > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > (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. > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > Maphist@geo.uu.nl > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist >
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