 Subjects -> ASTRONOMY (Total: 94 journals)
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- Issue 87 - Cartographic drift: Pulo Condor and the 'ysles de magna' and
'ye de saill' on the Dieppe maps- Abstract: King, Robert J
It is argued that the islands 'ysles de magna' and 'ye de saill' on the Harleian world map of 'c'.1546, that also appear with slight variations in their names on the other Dieppe world maps, are the Unfortunate Isles discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1522, re-named with a corrupted version of part of his name and displaced to the vicinity of 'Jave la Grande'.
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- Issue 87 - Preface
- Abstract: Whyte, Brendan
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- Issue 87 - Conference report
- Abstract: King, Robert J
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- Issue 87 - Franciscus Monachus' De Orbis Situ Ac Descriptione - a parallel
translation: Errata- Abstract: King, Robert J
Several errors crept into Robert King's translation of 'Franciscus Monachus' De Orbis Situ Ac Desriptione', published last issue, the most egregious being the complete omission of five paragraphs from both the original and the translation. The opportunity has also been taken to revise the correct the translation in several places. The necessary revisions are given below.
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- Issue 87 - Cook conspiracy at point hicks'
- Abstract: Lipscombe, Trevor
Margaret Cameron-Ash has set a cat among the pigeons in the world of Cook Studies with her book 'Lying for the Admiralty' (Cameron-Ash, 2018a). She claims that Lt James Cook, in a conspiracy with the British Admiralty, deliberately fabricated 'evidence' to dissuade the French from colonising parts of New Zealand and Australia. An important part of her argument concerns the Admiralty's desire to hide the existence of Bass Strait (between the Australian mainland and Tasmania) to discourage French colonisation of Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania), and was also published in The Globe as "Captain Cook invented Point Hicks to hide Bass Strait'' (Cameron-Ash, 2018b). This article examines Cameron-Ash's case that Cook sought to disguise the existence of Bass Strait under orders from the Admiralty. Since this was a secret and possibly oral order, she has been unable to trace any documentation supporting this claim.
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- Issue 87 - 'Where's my embassy, comrade'': An examination of the 1981
soviet military city plan of Canberra- Abstract: Whyte, Brendan
During the Cold War, the Soviet military produced secret mapping of over 2000 cities around the world. Detailed plans are known to exist for five Australian and three New Zealand cities. The single-sheet 1:25,000 map of Canberra is described here, and the descriptive marginal texts fully translated for the first time. The source materials are identified, and the quality and known errors of the mapping discussed.
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- Issue 87 - Lt. James Cook's misplaced landmarks of the coasts of Victoria
and NSW- Abstract: Lipscombe, Trevor
This article provides an account of recently published research by members of Australia on the Map, the history and heritage Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society. It reveals that more than a fifth of the 28 land features named by Cook on the coasts of Victoria and New South Wales are not in his intended locations, and appear in the wrong place on today's maps and charts. Only now, 250 years after Cook's voyage, do we have an accurate, published record of what Cook actually saw and named on these coasts in 1770. These findings have wider implications. Other coasts charted by Cook, and particularly that of Queensland, may harbour similar errors. And what of other navigators from an age where navigational techniques lacked today's precision' The emerging insights from the research reported here provide evidence of how such misplacements occurred and potentially inform further enquiry.
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- Issue 87 - Treasured Islands: Charting the imagination
- Abstract: Mawer, Granville Allen
Many imaginary places, from Atlantis to Utopia and beyond, have been located on islands. Some of those creations have been illustrated by maps. This paper looks at four illustrated/mapped islands that were purposefully created for children: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, J. M. Barrie's Neverland, R. M. Ballantyne's Coral Island and Arthur Ransome's Wildcat Island. All feature pirates, and all but one involves buried treasure. In doing that, they defy history because there are very few instances of real pirates burying treasure and even fewer of them mapping the location - in fact none. Any adult conviction to the contrary can be put down to the abiding influence of childhood reading and in particular to the power of maps as images. When I mentioned to a friend that I was exploring the concept he recalled that when he was about 10 he and a mate drew a pirate treasure map, pasted it on another piece of paper to imitate the thickness of parchment and charred the edges to impart authenticity. I asked if after the passage of 60 years he could recreate that map from memory alone, without reference to any other source.
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- Issue 87 - Singing the trail: The story of mapping Aotearoa New Zealand
[Book Review]- Abstract: Michael, Athanson
Review(s) of: Singing the trail: The story of mapping Aotearoa New Zealand, by John McCrystal, Allen and Unwin, Auckland and Sydney, 2019, ISBN 9781760633592, Hardback, 275 pp., 137 pp. of plates, NZ$60/A$55.
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- Issue 87 - First map: How James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand [Book
Review]- Abstract: Ross, Michael
Review(s) of: First map: How James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, Tessa Duder, Harper Collins, Auckland, 2019, ISBN 9781775540946, Hardback with dustjacket, 106 pp. A$45/NZ$50.
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- Issue 87 - 100 days that mapped a nation [Book Review]
- Abstract: Fraser, David
Review(s) of: 100 days that mapped a nation, by Graeme Lay, New Holland Publishers, Auckland and Sydney, 2019, ISBN 9781869665128, Hardback, 208 pp. A$40/NZ$65.
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- Issue 87 - Notes for authors
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- Issue 87 - Macquarie atlas of indigenous Australia: Culture and society
through space and time, second edition [Book Review]- Abstract: Russell, Susie
Review(s) of: Macquarie atlas of indigenous Australia: Culture and society through space and time, second edition, by Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy (eds.), Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, Sydney, 2019, 2nd edition, ISBN 9781760556587 (hb), 9781760786946 (ebook), Hardback, 293p., A$80 (hb), A$20 (ebook).
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- Issue 87 - Mapping the great game: Explorers, spies and maps in
nineteenth-century Asia [Book Review]- Abstract: Rafter, William
Review(s) of: Mapping the great game: Explorers, spies and maps in nineteenth-century Asia, by Riaz Dean, Casemate, Oxford (UK) and Philadelphia, 2019, ISBN: 9781612008141, Hardback with dustjacket, 293 pp. A$50.
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- Issue 87 - Using historical maps in scientific studies: applications,
challenges, and best practices [Book Review]- Abstract: Gunderman, Hannah
Review(s) of: Using historical maps in scientific studies: applications, challenges, and best practices, by Y.-Y. Chiang, W. Duan, S. Leyk, J.H. Uhl and C.A. Knoblock, Springer, Cham (Switz.), 2020, ISBN 9783319669076, Paperback, 114 pp. 40/US$60/A$77.
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- Issue 87 - We are here - an atlas of Aotearoa [Book Review]
- Abstract: Spence, Mary
Review(s) of: We are here - an atlas of Aotearoa, by Chris McDowell and Tim Denee, Massey University Press, Auckland, 2019, ISBN 9780994141538, Hardback, 240 pp. NZ$70.
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- Issue 86 - Canadian geographic indigenous peoples atlas of Canada =
Canadian geographic atlas des peuples autochtones du Canada: Indigenous
perspectives, much older than the nation itself, shared through maps,
artwork, history and culture [Book Review]- Abstract: Russell, Susie
Review(s) of: Canadian geographic indigenous peoples atlas of Canada = Canadian geographic atlas des peuples autochtones du Canada: Indigenous perspectives, much older than the nation itself, shared through maps, artwork, history and culture, by Royal Canadian Geographical Society, 2018, ISBN 9780986751622, (English ed.), 9780986751677 (French ed.), 4 hb vols in slipcase 322 pp.C$100.00.
PubDate: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 17:21:18 GMT
- Issue 86 - The Tasman map: The biography of a map [Book Review]
- Abstract: Finlayson, Brian
Review(s) of: The Tasman map: The biography of a map, by Ian Burnet, Rosenberg, Kenthurst (NSW), 2019, ISBN 9780648446651 (pb), 9789648446675 (ebook), Pb, 208p., A$33.00.
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- Issue 86 - The Selden map of China: A new understanding of the Ming
dynasty [Book Review]- Abstract: Chen, Yayut Yi-shiuan
Review(s) of: The Selden map of China: A new understanding of the Ming dynasty, by Hongping Annie Nie, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2019, ISBN 9781851245246, Hb, 74p., A$47.00.
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- Issue 86 - Why North is up [Book Review]
- Abstract: Beaird, Tina
Review(s) of: Why North is up, by Mick Ashworth, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2019, ISBN 9781851245192, Hb, 224p., A$50.00.
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- Issue 86 - Notes for authors
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- Issue 86 - Franciscus Monachus and the 'c'.1529 Paris Gilt Globe
- Abstract: King, Robert J
The similarities between the anonymous Paris Gilt Globe, the Stuttgart globe gores attributed to Johannes Schoener, and the lost globe described by Franciscus Monachus have long been noted. It is argued here that the Gilt Globe and Stuttgart Gores may be the globe described by Franciscus. There has never been a complete translation made of Franciscus' De Orbis Situ out of its sixteenth century Latin and the present article is based on the author's own translation (published separately in this issue). Particular attention is given to his treatment of the southern continent and its impact on other geographers and map-makers of his own time and subsequently.
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- Issue 86 - Franciscus Monachus' 'De Orbis situ ac descriptione' - a
parallel translation- Abstract: King, Robert J
Ad reverendissimo Domino Archiepiscopum Panonnitanum, Francisci, monachi ordinis Franciscani, epistola sane quam luculenta. In qua Ptolemaei, caeterorumque superiorum geographorum hallucinatio refellitur; aliaque praeterea de recens inventis terris, mari, insulis. De ditione Papae Joannis. De situ Paradisi et dimensione miliarium ad proportionem graduum coeli, praeclara et memoratu digna recensentur.
Cum Privilegio Invictissimi Romanorum imperatoris Caroli quinti, ad quinquennium, ne quis vel typis excudeat, vel excudendos curet hos codices geographicos, una cum globis, sub mulcta ammitendorum exemplarium aliaque poena principis severitate inferenda.
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- Issue 86 - Drawing North America by hand
- Abstract: Thomas, Anton
In February 2019, I put the finishing touches on a map that took four and a half years to complete. What began as a passion project ended up taking over my life, as I became utterly submerged in a cartographic odyssey: North America: Portrait of a Continent. Drawn entirely with colour pencil and fine-liner pen, this 1500 x 1200mm (59 x 47 inch) map contains tens of thousands of items of content, from the Arctic to Central America, even the deepest reaches of the ocean. 600 individualised cityscapes populate the map, and the content varies widely. All range of animals, plants, culture, history, industry, symbology, and more are laid out across a flowing terrain. It draws from a vast sweep of the physical and cultural geography of the continent and is intended to encourage geographic enthusiasm in a broad audience. Inspired by several years I spent travelling the continent, its completion has been a long time coming. As prints begin to roll out, there is much to discuss about the origins, technical execution, intents and experiences of drawing North America by hand.
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- Issue 86 - Preface
- Abstract: Whyte, Brendan
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- Issue 86 - Beyond dieppe
- Abstract: Hewitt, John
The late Dr. Helen Wallis wondered why there was no landmass similar to 'Java la Grande' on surviving Portuguese maps of the period 1540-1570, when the Dieppe school was active. In answering the question this article discusses three relevant maps and the changing role of Portugal's hydrographic repository, 'Armazem da Guine e Indias', as the Portuguese Empire progressed from its era of discoveries to a maritime trading empire.
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- Issue 86 - Fifty maps and the stories they tell [Book Review]
- Abstract: Sloan, Heather
Review(s) of: Fifty maps and the stories they tell, by Jerry Brotton and Nick Millea, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2019. ISBN 9781851245239. Pb, 144p., c.80 colour illustrations, 12.00 pounds / A$30.00.
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- Issue 86 - Talking maps [Book Review]
- Abstract: Fraser, David
Review(s) of: Talking maps, by Jerry Brotton and Nick Millea, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2019, ISBN 9781851245154, Hb, 208p., 120 colour plates, A$83.00.
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- Issue 86 - Spice at any price - the life and times of Frederick de Houtman
1571-1627 [Book Review]- Abstract: Burnet, Ian
Review(s) of: Spice at any price - the life and times of Frederick de Houtman 1571-1627, by Howard Grey, Westralian Books, Geraldton (WA), 2019, ISBN 9780648416913, Pb, 157pp., A$40.00.
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- Issue 86 - Conference report
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- Issue 86 - Threnody for the topo
- Abstract: Ryan, Bruce
I'll miss the topographic map, Its paper form all but extinct...
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