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important cfp: 24–28 May 2027 will see the next workshop and symposium for the International Society of the History of the Map, in Barcelona at the Catalan Cartographic Institute
workshop for newbies to map history -- always fun ... followed by symposium on "Mapping Outside the Metropolis"
Separate applications -- deadline is 30 SEPTEMBER ... that's NOW NOW NOW
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important cfp: 24–28 May 2027 will see the next workshop and symposium for the International Society of the History of the Map, in Barcelona at the Catalan Cartographic Institute
workshop for newbies to map history -- always fun ... followed by symposium on "Mapping Outside the Metropolis"
Separate applications -- deadline is 30 SEPTEMBER ... that's NOW NOW NOW
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important cfp: 24–28 May 2027 will see the next workshop and symposium for the International Society of the History of the Map, in Barcelona at the Catalan Cartographic Institute
workshop for newbies to map history -- always fun ... followed by symposium on "Mapping Outside the Metropolis"
Separate applications -- deadline is 30 SEPTEMBER ... that's NOW NOW NOW
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important cfp: 24–28 May 2027 will see the next workshop and symposium for the International Society of the History of the Map, in Barcelona at the Catalan Cartographic Institute
workshop for newbies to map history -- always fun ... followed by symposium on "Mapping Outside the Metropolis"
Separate applications -- deadline is 30 SEPTEMBER ... that's NOW NOW NOW
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important cfp: 24–28 May 2027 will see the next workshop and symposium for the International Society of the History of the Map, in Barcelona at the Catalan Cartographic Institute
workshop for newbies to map history -- always fun ... followed by symposium on "Mapping Outside the Metropolis"
Separate applications -- deadline is 30 SEPTEMBER ... that's NOW NOW NOW
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Reliving grade school … cutting out volvelles based on Philipp Apian’s Cosmographia of 1529s and 1530s … lunch time at Osher Map Library!! #maps #volvelle #cartography #sundial #maphistory
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Reliving grade school … cutting out volvelles based on Philipp Apian’s Cosmographia of 1529s and 1530s … lunch time at Osher Map Library!! #maps #volvelle #cartography #sundial #maphistory
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Reliving grade school … cutting out volvelles based on Philipp Apian’s Cosmographia of 1529s and 1530s … lunch time at Osher Map Library!! #maps #volvelle #cartography #sundial #maphistory
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Reliving grade school … cutting out volvelles based on Philipp Apian’s Cosmographia of 1529s and 1530s … lunch time at Osher Map Library!! #maps #volvelle #cartography #sundial #maphistory
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Reliving grade school … cutting out volvelles based on Philipp Apian’s Cosmographia of 1529s and 1530s … lunch time at Osher Map Library!! #maps #volvelle #cartography #sundial #maphistory
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I've finally got around to writing up all the globes we saw in Prague and Czechia:
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/a-mappy-time-in-czechia-ii-globes
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I've finally got around to writing up all the globes we saw in Prague and Czechia:
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/a-mappy-time-in-czechia-ii-globes
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I've finally got around to writing up all the globes we saw in Prague and Czechia:
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/a-mappy-time-in-czechia-ii-globes
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I've finally got around to writing up all the globes we saw in Prague and Czechia:
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/a-mappy-time-in-czechia-ii-globes
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I've finally got around to writing up all the globes we saw in Prague and Czechia:
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/a-mappy-time-in-czechia-ii-globes
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I've written up my take on the UN resolution re world #map projections ...
"Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?"
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/where-are-the-ghostbusters-when-you-need-them
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I've written up my take on the UN resolution re world #map projections ...
"Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?"
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/where-are-the-ghostbusters-when-you-need-them
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I've written up my take on the UN resolution re world #map projections ...
"Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?"
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/where-are-the-ghostbusters-when-you-need-them
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I've written up my take on the UN resolution re world #map projections ...
"Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?"
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/where-are-the-ghostbusters-when-you-need-them
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I've written up my take on the UN resolution re world #map projections ...
"Where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?"
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/9/6/where-are-the-ghostbusters-when-you-need-them
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cool CFP -- "copying maps" -- proposals due 15 December, symposium online in March 2027, then special issue/monographi to be published. #maps #cartography #maphistory
Details at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20160498/copying-maps
(image is of a map copied for Spanish ambassador to England ca 1610; original does not survive; shows Fort Popham at mouth of the Kennebec, the *other* 1607 English colony in the New World (but gone by 1608 -- this fort is aspirational! actually - this is a 19c copy of the ca 1610 copy!!)
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cool CFP -- "copying maps" -- proposals due 15 December, symposium online in March 2027, then special issue/monographi to be published. #maps #cartography #maphistory
Details at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20160498/copying-maps
(image is of a map copied for Spanish ambassador to England ca 1610; original does not survive; shows Fort Popham at mouth of the Kennebec, the *other* 1607 English colony in the New World (but gone by 1608 -- this fort is aspirational! actually - this is a 19c copy of the ca 1610 copy!!)
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cool CFP -- "copying maps" -- proposals due 15 December, symposium online in March 2027, then special issue/monographi to be published. #maps #cartography #maphistory
Details at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20160498/copying-maps
(image is of a map copied for Spanish ambassador to England ca 1610; original does not survive; shows Fort Popham at mouth of the Kennebec, the *other* 1607 English colony in the New World (but gone by 1608 -- this fort is aspirational! actually - this is a 19c copy of the ca 1610 copy!!)
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cool CFP -- "copying maps" -- proposals due 15 December, symposium online in March 2027, then special issue/monographi to be published. #maps #cartography #maphistory
Details at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20160498/copying-maps
(image is of a map copied for Spanish ambassador to England ca 1610; original does not survive; shows Fort Popham at mouth of the Kennebec, the *other* 1607 English colony in the New World (but gone by 1608 -- this fort is aspirational! actually - this is a 19c copy of the ca 1610 copy!!)
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cool CFP -- "copying maps" -- proposals due 15 December, symposium online in March 2027, then special issue/monographi to be published. #maps #cartography #maphistory
Details at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20160498/copying-maps
(image is of a map copied for Spanish ambassador to England ca 1610; original does not survive; shows Fort Popham at mouth of the Kennebec, the *other* 1607 English colony in the New World (but gone by 1608 -- this fort is aspirational! actually - this is a 19c copy of the ca 1610 copy!!)
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A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”
What other interesting details can you find?
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A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”
What other interesting details can you find?
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A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”
What other interesting details can you find?
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A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”
What other interesting details can you find?
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A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.”
What other interesting details can you find?
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#Women and #Cartography from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
cfp for a March 2027 symposium at the Université Le Havre, Normandie
deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
more info at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156508/women-and-cartography-middle-ages-20th-century
(pictured: Louise Jefferson's 1945 #map of demographic change caused by WW2 = OML 58789)
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#Women and #Cartography from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
cfp for a March 2027 symposium at the Université Le Havre, Normandie
deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
more info at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156508/women-and-cartography-middle-ages-20th-century
(pictured: Louise Jefferson's 1945 #map of demographic change caused by WW2 = OML 58789)
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#Women and #Cartography from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
cfp for a March 2027 symposium at the Université Le Havre, Normandie
deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
more info at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156508/women-and-cartography-middle-ages-20th-century
(pictured: Louise Jefferson's 1945 #map of demographic change caused by WW2 = OML 58789)
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#Women and #Cartography from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
cfp for a March 2027 symposium at the Université Le Havre, Normandie
deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
more info at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156508/women-and-cartography-middle-ages-20th-century
(pictured: Louise Jefferson's 1945 #map of demographic change caused by WW2 = OML 58789)
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#Women and #Cartography from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
cfp for a March 2027 symposium at the Université Le Havre, Normandie
deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
more info at: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156508/women-and-cartography-middle-ages-20th-century
(pictured: Louise Jefferson's 1945 #map of demographic change caused by WW2 = OML 58789)
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Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem
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Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem
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Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem
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Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem
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Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem
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A 500-year-old map known as “America’s Birth Certificate” was found a century ago. But what, and where, was “America”?
To learn more, check out my op-ed in the LA Times. PDF & images in 🧵.
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#maphistory #cartography #histsci #earlymodern #america250 #4thofJuly 🗃
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' me... -
A 500-year-old map known as “America’s Birth Certificate” was found a century ago. But what, and where, was “America”?
To learn more, check out my op-ed in the LA Times. PDF & images in 🧵.
1/ 🧵
#maphistory #cartography #histsci #earlymodern #america250 #4thofJuly 🗃
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' me... -
A 500-year-old map known as “America’s Birth Certificate” was found a century ago. But what, and where, was “America”?
To learn more, check out my op-ed in the LA Times. PDF & images in 🧵.
1/ 🧵
#maphistory #cartography #histsci #earlymodern #america250 #4thofJuly 🗃
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' me... -
A 500-year-old map known as “America’s Birth Certificate” was found a century ago. But what, and where, was “America”?
To learn more, check out my op-ed in the LA Times. PDF & images in 🧵.
1/ 🧵
#maphistory #cartography #histsci #earlymodern #america250 #4thofJuly 🗃
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' me... -
A 500-year-old map known as “America’s Birth Certificate” was found a century ago. But what, and where, was “America”?
To learn more, check out my op-ed in the LA Times. PDF & images in 🧵.
1/ 🧵
#maphistory #cartography #histsci #earlymodern #america250 #4thofJuly 🗃
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What 'America' me... -
The next symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map will meet in May 2027 at the Catalan Cartographic Institute, Barcelona. Preceded by two-day workshop for early career professionals.
BOTH very much recommended!
More information at https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20153752/cfp-ishmap-2027-barcelona-symposium-and-workshop-mapping-outside
Proposal deadline is 30 September 2026.
Please share #maps #maphistory #cartography
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The next symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map will meet in May 2027 at the Catalan Cartographic Institute, Barcelona. Preceded by two-day workshop for early career professionals.
BOTH very much recommended!
More information at https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20153752/cfp-ishmap-2027-barcelona-symposium-and-workshop-mapping-outside
Proposal deadline is 30 September 2026.
Please share #maps #maphistory #cartography
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The next symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map will meet in May 2027 at the Catalan Cartographic Institute, Barcelona. Preceded by two-day workshop for early career professionals.
BOTH very much recommended!
More information at https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20153752/cfp-ishmap-2027-barcelona-symposium-and-workshop-mapping-outside
Proposal deadline is 30 September 2026.
Please share #maps #maphistory #cartography
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The next symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map will meet in May 2027 at the Catalan Cartographic Institute, Barcelona. Preceded by two-day workshop for early career professionals.
BOTH very much recommended!
More information at https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20153752/cfp-ishmap-2027-barcelona-symposium-and-workshop-mapping-outside
Proposal deadline is 30 September 2026.
Please share #maps #maphistory #cartography
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The next symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map will meet in May 2027 at the Catalan Cartographic Institute, Barcelona. Preceded by two-day workshop for early career professionals.
BOTH very much recommended!
More information at https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20153752/cfp-ishmap-2027-barcelona-symposium-and-workshop-mapping-outside
Proposal deadline is 30 September 2026.
Please share #maps #maphistory #cartography
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If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
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If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
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If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
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If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
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If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
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Fun argument that the US West would have been better managed, esp. re its water resources, if the Western states had followed the watersheds identified by John Wesley Powell ... https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2026/on-water/an-old-map-could-provide-a-new-vision-for-water-management-in-the-west/
#maphistory #maps #cartography -
Fun argument that the US West would have been better managed, esp. re its water resources, if the Western states had followed the watersheds identified by John Wesley Powell ... https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2026/on-water/an-old-map-could-provide-a-new-vision-for-water-management-in-the-west/
#maphistory #maps #cartography -
Fun argument that the US West would have been better managed, esp. re its water resources, if the Western states had followed the watersheds identified by John Wesley Powell ... https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2026/on-water/an-old-map-could-provide-a-new-vision-for-water-management-in-the-west/
#maphistory #maps #cartography -
Fun argument that the US West would have been better managed, esp. re its water resources, if the Western states had followed the watersheds identified by John Wesley Powell ... https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2026/on-water/an-old-map-could-provide-a-new-vision-for-water-management-in-the-west/
#maphistory #maps #cartography -
Fun argument that the US West would have been better managed, esp. re its water resources, if the Western states had followed the watersheds identified by John Wesley Powell ... https://onland.westernlandowners.org/2026/on-water/an-old-map-could-provide-a-new-vision-for-water-management-in-the-west/
#maphistory #maps #cartography