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I've been having fun reading up on the reception of Ptolemy's Geography in the 15th century, and the making of globes. Saw the image that this detail is from as from a "15c" Greek manuscript, but by the stylish knee is plainly America ... so after 1500! BnF ms grec 1401 fol. 2r
Enjoy!
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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State Historian Susan Schulten On The Maps That Shaped — And Distorted — Colorado’s History
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https://www.cpr.org/2025/08/01/state-historian-susan-schulten-on-the-maps-that-shaped-and-distorted-colorados-history/ <-- shared media / technical article
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[note that I have no association with Ms. Schulten ]
“As Colorado marks its 149th birthday Friday — and the nation nears its 250th — Susan Schulten steps into the role of State Historian. A longtime professor at the University of Denver and author of “A History of America in 100 Maps,” Schulten explores how cartography reflects power, persuasion and erasure.
She spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner about why history isn’t about heroes and villains — and why messy stories matter…”
#maps #mapping #history #cartography #Colorado #US #influence #culture #news #powerofmaps #historicalmaps #MapHistory #VintageMaps #story #stories
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A trilingual edition (Danish/German/Latin) from 1672 used a completely new image for the page about bookseller's shops: https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/65575/291
Now we see a crowded room (only men), tables with bound books, and various single-sheet items (#broadsides), a wall full of #backwardsbooks (waiting for a bookbinder), another wall full of boxes or stacked unfolded sheets, and in the middle: various prints, a map, and two globes. #maphistory
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