[MapHist] Bonner's Chart of the River Canada ca. 1710
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There is a textual reference to a chart of the St. Lawrence made by John
Bonner {or Bonnor}consulted by British commanders of the 1711 expedition
against New France. Bagshot includes a reference to a Chart of the
River Canada (1710) by Bonner. But I can't find the location of this
manuscript chart in the National Archives or the LC databases, or
anywhere else I've looked. Does anyone know if it exists and where it
might be found?
S. Max Edelson
University of Virginia
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[Maphist] George M Schilling -- rolling a globe around the world
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Re: [MapHist] MCG Cambridge Sept 2010--last call for reduced fees!
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 + To all : the room-availability link http://rooms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/BnB/Step1.aspx. does not work ; does this mean : no more availability ? Robert Braeken Utrecht, Holland 2010/7/28 A CARLUCCI acarlu...@btinternet.com 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 + Hello everyone For those of you who've been waiting for the last minute before booking this year's Map Curators' Group Workshop without paying the late booking fee, the last minute is now here!! Fees go up at the end of the week, and all booking finishes on the 27 August. Last year's event in Edinburgh was a great success and we've got another excellent programme planned for Cambridge, so if you haven't booked already, DROP EVERYTHING and BOOK IT! Details are in the Convener's message below. Looking forward to seeing you in September! April April Carlucci, The Itinerant Map Catalog(u)er for the Map Curators' Group --- On *Mon, 19/7/10, ann.m.sutherl...@talk21.com ann.m.sutherl...@talk21.com* wrote: Dear Colleagues Apologies if you have read a similar note on one of the lists. Last year the Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society held its annual workshop in Edinburgh at the National Library of Scotland with an exciting three day programme. This year, at the invitation of Anne Taylor Map Librarian, we are holding our workshop in Cambridge at Cambridge University Library from 8th – 10thSeptember. The map room has recently been completely refurbished and is well worth a visit. It is, as you no doubt know, one of the five copyright libraries in this country. Cambridge is an historic city with much to offer and is easily accessible We have a very exciting programme arranged which includes a curator guided tour of the British Library’s map exhibition in London, “Magnificent maps, power, propaganda and art” at the invitation of Peter Barber, Head of the Map Collections, British Library and Tom Harper, Curator of Antiquarian Mapping, British Library. This in addition to some interesting visits to collections in Cambridge itself. One day is devoted to a full programme of talks on the theme of “Beyond the Neat Line, more than just geography” with the following speakers: - Martin Andrews, University of Reading Department of Typography, 18th and 19th century map printing processes - Steve Chilton and Ifan Shepherd, Middlesex University , Staff carriers and bean counters: Unravelling the who and the why of the first 6-inch survey of England and Wales - Marco van Egmond, Map Curator, Utrecht University Library, Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht : storage and accessibility - Matt Knutzen, Geospatial Librarian, The New York Public Library Map Division, m...@nypl: New collaborative methods in (re)presenting historical geography - Richard Oliver, University of Exeter , Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, 20th century Ordnance Survey paper map marginalia and metadata The full programme and booking form is available on the British Cartographic website at http://www.cartography.org.uk/default.asp?contentID=938. Booking can be done online or by posting or faxing your completed form to BCS Administration (details on the booking form; (please be sure to use the current form since the older version has incorrect contact details). If you have problems accessing this or have any other queries please contact the organisers whose email addresses are given below. *Please note that a late booking fee applies after the 30 July and that no bookings will be accepted after the 27 August!* Accommodation in Cambridge can be expensive. The MCG has therefore arranged that Robinson College (which is just behind the library) holds a block of rooms for us. Check this out at: http://rooms.robinson.cam.ac.uk/BnB/Step1.aspx. Please book using the promotion code 11159. We look forward to you joining us to meet old friends and make new ones at what promises to be a stimulating and exciting event. Ann Sutherland Convener, Map Curators' Group, British Cartographic Society Email: ann.m.sutherl...@talk21.comhttp://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ann.m.sutherl...@talk21.com April Carlucci Email: acarlu...@btinternet.comhttp://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=acarlu...@btinternet.com Anne Taylor. Email: ae...@cam.ac.ukhttp://uk.mc862.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ae...@cam.ac.uk ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions
[MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying
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 + I am trying to research whether the following scenario is/was possible and would appreciate any insight. First, we are talking about the 14th century, mid to late 1300s. The contention is that something was buried (no not treasure, perhaps a land claim) and that to mark it for a future party intersecting lines were drawn to mark the spot. The spot is on the side of a small knoll. There are six very large boulders with chiseled holes (I'm curious about that too). When these three pairs of boulders are connected with lines by gps, all three lines intersect over the target spot. My question is, at that time, how would a party have drawn such a grid? Would they not have needed a line of sight between each pair of boulders? The first line would have been easy, just find two boulders (there are many) that connect across the target area. Then find a third boulder and sight to a 4th such that that line crosses the first at the desired point. But the third has me puzzled. The boulders were too large to move (car size). How could this be done? Thanks in advance! ___ 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
RE: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying
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 + Now you've got me curious, also. Does it appear that the chiseled holes might have been made with a star drill or were they more crudely done? In other words, are the holes in the boulders round and rather deep or are they rather mis-shapen and not so deep? As for line of sight between the boulders, that could have been accomplished through some sort of wooden tower construction to elevate the observer to points above the boulders and plumbing down to the chiseled holes. In what country did all this take place? Charles _ From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of Lynn Brant Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:23 AM To: maphist@geo.uu.nl Subject: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying I am trying to research whether the following scenario is/was possible and would appreciate any insight. First, we are talking about the 14th century, mid to late 1300s. The contention is that something was buried (no not treasure, perhaps a land claim) and that to mark it for a future party intersecting lines were drawn to mark the spot. The spot is on the side of a small knoll. There are six very large boulders with chiseled holes (I'm curious about that too). When these three pairs of boulders are connected with lines by gps, all three lines intersect over the target spot. My question is, at that time, how would a party have drawn such a grid? Would they not have needed a line of sight between each pair of boulders? The first line would have been easy, just find two boulders (there are many) that connect across the target area. Then find a third boulder and sight to a 4th such that that line crosses the first at the desired point. But the third has me puzzled. The boulders were too large to move (car size). How could this be done? Thanks in advance! ___ 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
[MapHist] In The Portolan, Issue 78: Maps of Virginia - The 1791 L'Enfant Plan for Washington, DC - Maps of the Gettysburg Campaign - Maps of Norway - Covens Mortier - Bagrow's History of Cartogra
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 + This thrice-yearly journal with articles on maps, the history of cartography, and exploration is the only journal of its kind in the Americas. Below is information on the issue just published. See http://www.portolan.washmap.org/ http://www.portolan.washmap.org for details on ordering the current or past issues of The Portolan. That link also takes the reader to the contents list of all back issues and an index to those issues. The focus of the society and the journal is not solely Washington; topics are widespread in scope. THE PORTOLAN: JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON MAP SOCIETY ISSUE 78 (Fall 2010) -- Issue 78 (Fall 2010), consisting of 72 pages, was published in August 2010 and is now in distribution to all subscribers and members in good standing of the Washington Map Society. Copies are available for purchase. MARIANNE McKEE weaves a fascinating tale of a landmark map of Virgina, what led to its 1859 corrections, and how original copper plates of the map were used to produce 21st century maps. SCOTT BERG looks between the lines of LEnfants 1791 plan for the capital of the USA, and relates intended and unintended thoughts of the mapmaker. EARL McELFRESH provides fascinating insights about the role maps played in the events leading to the US Civil Wars battle of Gettysburg. Seven book reviews take the reader to maps of Norway, Covens Mortier, Spain, the USA (allegorical maps), Europe, Greece, in addition to the history of cartography. One article relates the formation of the Malta Map Society, while another describes the increasing mounting of maps to the Internet by the Library of Virginia. Four Washington Map Society events are described. And there is more. The Portolan is published three times per year; issue 79 is due for release in November 2010. CONTENTS OF ISSUE 78 FALL 2010 ARTICLES From Contracts to Copperplates: The Making of the 1827 State Map of Virginia, the Corrections in 1859, and the Copperplate Printing Project of 2004 by Marianne McKee The City Plan as Work of Art: Intended and Unintended Meanings in Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 Manuscript Plan of Washington, D.C by Scott Berg Mapping and Robert E. Lees Gettysburg Campaign by Earl McElfresh RECENT PUBLICATIONS This regular feature, a bibliographic listing of articles and books appearing worldwide on antique maps and globes and the history of cartography, is compiled by Joel Kovarsky. BOOK REVIEWS Maps and Mapping of Norway, 1602-1855 (Reviewer: Barbara McCorkle) Covens Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866 (Reviewer: Alice Hudson) History of Cartography; Enlarged Second Edition (Bagrow) (Reviewer: Bert Johnson) Kleiner Atlas Amerikanischer Überempfindlichkeiten (Reviewer: Imre Demhardt) Catalogo de cartographia, .. la Sociedad Bilbaina (Reviewer: Juan Ceva) Formatting Europe Mapping a Continent (Reviewer: Thomas Sander) Printed Maps of Greece, 1477-1800 (Reviewer: Bert Johnson) SHORTER ITEMS 1. Washington Map Society Meetings, September 2010 April 2011 2. Presidents Fall 2010 Letter, by Dennis Gurtz 3. Exhibitions and Meetings 4. Map Site Seeing 5. 2011 Ristow Prize Competition 6. Patricia Ann Vavra (1931 2010) 7. WMS Business Meeting, March 2010, by Steve Vogel 8. WMS Members Map Evening, March 2010, by Thomas Sander 9. WMS at the AAG, April 2010, by Thomas Sander 10. WMS Annual Dinner, May 2010, by Thomas Sander 11. The Malta Map Society, by Rod Lyon and Thomas Sander 12. Library of Virginia Online Map Collections, by Cassandra Farrell 13. Spotlight on the WMS Membership John F.C. Glenn, Fay Huidekoper-Cope, Ira S. Lourie 14. Cartographic Notes, by Thomas F. Sander AUTHORS OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE SCOTT W. BERG, Assistant Professor of English at http://www.gmu.edu George Mason University, is the author of Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles LEnfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington D.C. JUAN CEVA is Vice President for Southern California of the California Map Society. IMRE JOSEF DEMHARDT is Professor and the Jenkins and Virginia Garrett Chair in the History of Cartography of Cartography in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. CASSANDRA (SANDY) FARREL is Map Specialist and Senior Research Archivist at the Library of Virginia. ALICE HUDSON is the recently retired Chief of the Lionel Pincus Princess Firyal Map Division of The New York Public Library. She currently is on the faculty of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia HUBERT O. (BERT) JOHNSON, a past president of WMS and frequent
RE: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying
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 + Lynn Brant: You could also direct your enquiry by e-mail to an acknowledged historian of surveying - Mr J.R. Smith (e-mail: mailto:j...@smith1780.freeserve.co.uk j...@smith1780.freeserve.co.uk) - who is a long-serving member of FIG. For more background see: http://www.fig.net/hsm/index.htm www.fig.net/hsm/index.htm ; here you will learn of the International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement (A Permanent Institution within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)). (Mr) Francis Herbert francis443herb...@btinternet.com -Original Message- From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of Lynn Brant Sent: 23 August 2010 13:23 To: maphist@geo.uu.nl Subject: [MapHist] request for information on ancient surveying I am trying to research whether the following scenario is/was possible and would appreciate any insight. First, we are talking about the 14th century, mid to late 1300s. The contention is that something was buried (no not treasure, perhaps a land claim) and that to mark it for a future party intersecting lines were drawn to mark the spot. The spot is on the side of a small knoll. There are six very large boulders with chiseled holes (I'm curious about that too). When these three pairs of boulders are connected with lines by gps, all three lines intersect over the target spot. My question is, at that time, how would a party have drawn such a grid? Would they not have needed a line of sight between each pair of boulders? The first line would have been easy, just find two boulders (there are many) that connect across the target area. Then find a third boulder and sight to a 4th such that that line crosses the first at the desired point. But the third has me puzzled. The boulders were too large to move (car size). How could this be done? Thanks in advance! ___ 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
