THE HISTORY OF Newsletter 2002: Summer Exploratory Essays on Twentieth-Century Cartography Completed The symposium “The History of Cartography in the Twentieth Cen- tury” was held in Los Angeles, 17-18 March 2002, as part of the prepro- gram for the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Five board members (Chris Board, Joel Morrison, Ferjan Ormeling, Fraser Taylor, and Waldo Tobler) joined the authors of eleven essays and other attendees for a full day and a half of polished presentations and engaging discussions. David Wood- ward served as chair for the first day of eight talks, and Mark Monmonier took over for the second day, which included the three remaining essays, a summary discussion, and an informa- tive visit to the Jet Propulsion Labora- tory (JPL). Before leaving for the JPL, the group gave Teresita Reed, Out- reach and Office Administrator, a standing ovation for her superb work These images will appear in the model became the focus of attention for a organizing the conference. forthcoming collection of essays on team of experts in industrial interpretation, Each author incorporated feed- twentieth-century cartography in CaGIS. ballistics, ordnance, and aircraft analysis. back from the symposium into a Clockwise, from upper left: From the article on Allied model-making penultimate draft, submitted in mid- during the second world war by Alastair April. Everyone met the deadline, and Gulf Refining Company “info-maps” for Pearson. manuscripts were sent to six board 1935 promoted the high standards of Gulf service, sporting images that now seem University of Washington cartography members and an additional thirty stereotyped and quaint. On the front cover professor John C. Sherman discusses lunar referees who had agreed to evaluate three gasoline attendants service a single modeling with a group of students. the essays within four weeks. Mark car. On the back panel, two women From the article on American academic Monmonier orchestrated the peer powder their noses in a sparkling cartography by Robert McMaster and review, summarized responses, and bathroom. Susanna McMaster. transmitted them to the authors. Each From the article on American promotional road mapping by James R. Akerman. In 1936, C.W. Collier developed the author received feedback from three to slotted-templet method, one of the most five readers, and was given a month to Model makers used one photo, taken important inventions in photogrammetry, address the comments and submit a randomly over the Baltic coast at the end which made possible the adjustment of final draft. Coeditors Monmonier and of a failed mission, to construct this model large areas of air photography to ground Woodward accepted ten manuscripts, of a key research establishment for the V- control. By the early 1950s, these methods which they edited jointly during June weapon program at Peenemünde, north were in routine use in topographic and July. The essays and accompany- Germany. They measured shadows to mapping. ing illustrations were delivered to the estimate heights and added details based From the article on topographic mapping on photo interpretation. The detailed between 1900-1939 by Peter Collier. continued on page 2

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Volume 3 News It has been rewarding to see this book coming together, and we’re anxious to send it to the University of Chicago Map showing the route of the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies made under the Press at the end of the year for peer command of Cornelis de Houtman in 1595-97 and published soon after his return to review. There are some wonderful Holland by Cornelis Claesz in 1598. stories about the scholarly contribu- tions in this large and complex vol- Peter van der Krogt, who helped revise tion, and centers of mapping). Several ume. and update the original contribution, of the authors recruited for these es- Plans for the Renaissance volume and Kees Zandvliet, who added mate- says are scholars in fields such as intel- have always included large sections on rial on the Dutch West and East India lectual and diplomatic history, art the national traditions of Western companies. Without the cooperation history, the history of science, and . The contributions on , of these five well-known and highly- literature, who have an interest in Portugal, Spain, the German Lands, respected cartographic scholars, a cartography but have not made it the the Low Counties, France, the British first-rate essay on Renaissance map- central theme of their research and Isles, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, ping in the Low Countries would not writing. We are delighted to incorpo- and Russia form what we have always have been possible. The result will rate the breadth of their background considered a foundation for the vol- provide a baseline for any researcher into the volume. ume. It would seem that gathering the interested in Dutch cartography dur- Several of the interpretive contri- literature and writing a narrative ing this period. butions have debunked long-held about the role of each of these coun- Volume 3 also includes a large myths in the history of cartography. tries in Renaissance mapping would be section that we refer to as “interpre- Patrick Gautier Dalché’s essay, for fairly straightforward, but even for a tive essays.” These are designed to example, articulately disposes of the tradition as well-documented as the draw together some of the cross-na- myth that Ptolemy’s Geography had a Dutch, this was no easy task. We were tional themes that can not be ade- simple and immediate effect on the fortunate to have recruited the very quately addressed in the chapters on way maps were compiled in the fif- best in the field early in our prepara- national traditions. The themes in- teenth century. He shows instead that tions for the volume; Cornelis Koeman clude maps and Renaissance culture various European cities absorbed the and Günter Schilder graciously ac- (cosmographical mapping, celestial Geography both in different ways and cepted the invitation and wrote the mapping, the reception of Ptolemy, at different times, and concludes that section. But research on mapping in and maps in the context of textual the notion of geographical coordinates the Low Countries continued with studies, literature, religious world based on longitude and latitude took many new publications every year. views, and understanding of other much longer to be adopted than most When we had finally finished publish- societies); technical skills and Renais- general histories of cartography might ing Volumes 1 and 2 (Books 1 through sance mapping (mathematics, survey- suggest. Another example of revision- 3) of the History and turned our full ing, techniques of measurement, navi- ist thinking is Felipe Fernández attention back to Volume 3, it was gational practices, cartographic signs, Armesto’s essay on maps and explora- clear that a good deal of new research and engraving and printing); maps and tion, in which he questions the long would need to be incorporated. We Renaissance governance (maps in held belief that maps were essential were fortunate to have the support of terms of the state, urban space, rural and invaluable tools of the early navi- the original authors and the additional land management, warfare, and explo- gator and explorer. Both scholars pro- assistance of three scholars in the ration); and the production and con- vide meticulous references to support Netherlands, Marco van Egmond and sumption of maps (in business, educa- their arguments.

2 New Encyclopedic Format and the European Renaissance, is in its Céspedes, whose books illustrate the Volume 4 final stages of prepress manuscript deep controversies over the use of preparation. charts and the reliability of pilots’ The History of Cartography offers a Francesca Fiorani and Mark reports at the end of the sixteenth comprehensive and reliable reference Rosen gave papers on Italian mural century. work for all cultures and periods that map cycles. Fiorani is writing a chap- In addition, two other papers of scholars, teachers, students, librarians, ter on Italian mural maps for Volume cartographic interest were presented at and the general public can turn to for 3; Rosen is researching maps in the the meeting: Helena K. Szepe of the precise information as well as method- Guardaroba in the Palazzo Vecchio in University of South Florida explored ological insights. In the first three Florence. how the Americas were described in volumes, material was addressed in In a session entitled “Illustrating Benedetto Bordone’s Isolario (1528) long chapters written by relatively few Space and Place in the Renaissance,” and Suzanne Boorsch of the Yale Uni- scholars. Over the past few years, our Denis Cosgrove drew parallels be- versity Art Gallery offered persuasive newsletters have chronicled the edito- tween Ptolemy’s Geography and arguments for attributing the engrav- rial meetings and discussions leading Vitruvius’s Four Books on Architec- ing of the thirty-one maps in the up to the decision to structure Vol- ture. Daniel Brownstein argued that Berlinghieri edition of Ptolemy’s Geo- umes 4, 5, and 6 quite differently. the representation of place dominated graphy (1482) to Francesco Rosselli. These later volumes in the series will fifteenth-century geography over the The participants were unanimous be structured as large, multi-level, Ptolemaic abstract systems for repre- in their enthusiasm for these well- interpretive encyclopedias that contain senting space. David Woodward like- attended sessions and the meeting the high-quality text and illustrations, wise showed that Ptolemy’s projec- emerged as a very worthwhile sound- tables, appendixes, diagrams, newly tions were slow to excite interest in ing board for issues surrounding Vol- drawn reference maps, and full in- the fifteenth century, and that the need ume 3. dexes that were hallmarks of all previ- for such maps did not arise immedi- ous volumes. ately after the translation of the Geo- Map Society Tours History of Volume 4, Cartography in the graphy around 1407. The Geography Cartography Project European Enlightenment, will contain was a necessary but not sufficient over 800 entries arranged alphabeti- condition for the increase in the num- The Project recently enjoyed a visit cally by keyword and extensively ber and quality of maps in the six- from the Map Society of Wisconsin as cross-referenced. Short- and medium- teenth century. part of their June 2002 field trip to the length entries (500-5,000 words) will Noam Flinker, University of UW–Madison campus. Arriving on a provide incisive descriptions and as- Haifa, and Zur Shalev, Princeton Uni- warm Saturday afternoon, a dozen sessments of technological develop- versity, offered papers in a session map enthusiasts visited the Robinson ments, processes, and concepts. called “Maps and Religion.” Flinker Map Library and Wisconsin Historical Longer entries (5,000-10,000 words) presented a paper on the maps in Tho- Society map collections and then will allow insightful coverage of mas Fuller’s Pisgah-sight of Palestine found their way to our Science Hall broader topics such as the role of (1650), while Shalev broadened the office. Tom Hotter organized the field mapping in public works projects, the role of Geographia sacra to show how trip to provide an opportunity for map use of maps for analyzing natural and maps took an active part in the reli- society members to learn more about human phenomena, the role of maps giously charged scholarly culture of the History of Cartography Project in warfare, maps as political and eco- early modern Europe. and how it operates. nomic propaganda, and maps in edu- Catherine Delano-Smith, Shankar Project Assistant Dana Freiburger cation and in the arts. Raman, and Alison Sandman contrib- gave a brief talk about the Project’s uted papers to a session titled “Using current activities, including exciting Strong Cartographic History Maps in the Renaissance.” Delano- work on Volume 3 as well as the re- Presence at the Renaissance Smith examined some of the aspects of cent initiatives related to Volumes 4 Society of America Meeting map literacy related to learning, edu- and 6. One highlight for our visitors cation, and training, and the shift was the opportunity to examine a few An unprecedented number of sessions from closed to more open map-user illustrations that will appear in Vol- (4) devoted to the history of cartogra- circles. Raman examined the relation- ume 3 (over 1,000 illustrations are phy were presented at the Renaissance ship between narration and descrip- planned for that volume) and to ask Society of America’s annual meeting in tion in seventeenth-century Dutch questions about how illustrations are Scottsdale, Arizona, 11-13 April 2002. painting, focusing on the use of maps handled by our publisher. It was a very Authors from the History of Carto- by Jan Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. successful visit, and we appreciated graphy Project were prominently in Sandman concluded the session by the opportunity to show a “behind the evidence as Volume 3, Cartography in focusing on Andrés García de scenes” view of our work.

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3 Madison Staff NEH Proposal Submitted for ence and Technology Studies program Volume 4 officer also remarked that book publi- In June, we were pleased to welcome cations can be approved, but that text from NSF supported research should Beth Freundlich back from family Series editor David Woodward and be made accessible on the internet. leave to her position as project admin- volume editors Graham Burnett, Mat- Both panels felt that their limited bud- istrator. She is rejoining our staff with thew Edney, and Mary Pedley collabo- gets at NSF could no longer fund ad- a half-time appointment and will share rated this year on a request for fund- ministrative costs, which they believe many responsibilities with Paul ing from the National Endowment for should be borne by the host institu- Tierney, who has superbly handled all the Humanities in support of Volume tion, publisher, private partners, or financial duties during her absence. 4. The grant proposal was submitted other sources of support. We extended many parting thanks to at the end of June for funding begin- Our success in grant writing to Teresita Reed, who served as our ex- ning July 2003. Matthew Edney will date has perhaps masked the difficulty cellent outreach, conference, and of- coordinate the selection of topics and of maintaining the Madison office fice coordinator this past year. scheduling at the University of South- entirely on “soft” research money. Project Assistants (PAs), who do a ern Maine, Portland. David Wood- Continuity in personnel is critical to tremendous amount of reference ward will be responsible for the over- running the Project. Managing editor checking on the essays and who have a all management of Volume 4 and its Jude Leimer has worked full-time for profound impact on the accuracy and place in the series. completeness of what appears in the the Project since 1982 on a year-to- year basis and has been supported History of Cartography series, are NSF Requests Resubmission of graduate students from several depart- exclusively by external funding. The ments on the University of Wisconsin– Volume 6 Proposal loss of her cumulative experience Madison campus. This year, all five of would be devastating for the Project. our one-third time PAs completed In January 2002, we submitted a grant Indeed, it would be difficult to see their masters degrees (Kim Coulter, proposal to the National Science how the Project could continue to Brian Covey, Dana Freiburger, Brenda Foundation (NSF) for Volume 6, Car- handle the myriad inquiries and trans- Parker, and Ben Sheesley). Our con- tography in the Twentieth Century. It actions of hundreds of authors and gratulations go to them! Unfortu- solicited five years of support to com- manuscripts without a managing edi- nately, that means several will be leav- plete the final volume in the series–a tor of Jude’s caliber. ing the project this year to pursue their 1,500 page, million-word, scholarly, In addition, of course, we want to doctoral research or move on to new multi-level encyclopedia with approxi- hold the interest of Mark Monmonier jobs. We have hired a graduate student mately 800 illustrations. The proposal as an editor for Volume 6, for–as is in geography, Jeff Bernard, to start in was to build on the current NSF sup- well known to many of our readers– September and will be searching for ported exploratory essays initiative in his prolific schedule in writing mono- another PA this fall. the history of twentieth-century car- graphs does not allow much flexibility tography, the papers for which will be for other projects unless supported by published this fall in Cartography and grants. Funds in the Syracuse Univer- To order published books Geographic Information Science. sity portion of the NSF proposal in the History of Cartography Reviewers for the NSF Geography would have provided Monmonier with series, please contact: and Regional Science program com- the assistance of a full-time managing mented on the “thorough, precise, and editor, so that he could complete Vol- The University of Chicago Press realistic” work schedule and the “very ume 6 over the next five years while 11030 South Langley Avenue well-qualified investigators.” Further- meeting his teaching commitments. Chicago, IL 60628 more, they believed that “the impact Our goal is to resubmit the pro- USA of this project will be considerable.” posal with a plan to raise gifts for The review panel expressed concern, matching the NSF funds from corpo- EMAIL however, that a large editing project rations, foundations, or individuals [email protected] such as Volume 6 did not fit their interested in seeing the final volume of criteria of supporting individual scien- the Project come to fruition. As we WEB SITE tific research, and they rejected the continue to plan for future funding of http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ proposal. the Project, suggestions, ideas, names The NSF Science and Technology of contacts, and possible strategies PHONE Studies panel, however, supports some would be much appreciated. 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4 1977, the original concept was for graphy and map design. Although I that you love, to show that your work four volumes to cover the subject to enjoy that, it doesn’t really fit into the is valued. 1900, the usual cutoff date for History of Cartography Project, which cartobibliographers and map histori- is my first love. So, the retirement is You also received the Murchison ans. This plan was sharply criticized really to focus on the Project. The Award from the Royal Geographical by one of our editorial advisers, retirement will also allow me the flex- Society. Walter W. Ristow, then chief of the ibility of doing other kinds of teach- Geography and Map Division of the ing, such as lectures and workshops. I Yes, the Murchison award is the oldest Library of Congress, who pointed out really enjoy teaching small groups in award from the Royal Geographical that the story would stop before the different settings. Society. It goes back to 1882. The most prolific cartographic century. winner of the Murchison award is The history of twentieth-century car- What have been some of the highlights asked to respond on behalf of the tography was added to the plans, and of your teaching career? other awardees of which there were then-editors Brian Harley and David around a dozen, so that was a nice Woodward invited Mark Monmonier My history of cartography course has opportunity to say something about to be a coeditor for Volume 6, with introduced many students–both under- the field. The Murchison award was the enthusiastic support of the Univer- graduate and graduate–to historical also important because it is a major sity of Chicago Press. We would obvi- maps, something they otherwise recognition of the history of cartogra- ously like to bring our History of Car- wouldn’t think about. I think the [car- phy as a field of research. tography to the present day, as the tographic] design course has also been twentieth century is full of fascinating interesting, especially the student map In your years in working in the history and important developments that de- projects. I have truly learned a lot of cartography field, what have you serve full treatment. from those. I think those students seen change? really get a feeling that there is an David Woodward Retires in aesthetic to this means of expression The history of cartography as a sub- August to Focus on Project that is very important. I think the ject doesn’t have a clear disciplinary students go out into the GIS or profes- home. This is disturbing. On one level, For more sional world with something different. universities are trying to encourage than two interdisciplinary fields, and map his- decades, How would you describe the legacy tory is, in fact, a perfect archetype for David you are leaving here at the University interdisciplinary work. On the other Woodward of Wisconsin? hand, it’s difficult to know where it has bal- exactly fits. Does it fit in geography, anced the I think that trying to keep aesthetics in history, history of science, history of many aca- mapping is a very important thing and art? I think that most people on the demic and that the history of the subject–map street would say the field belongs in administra- history–has some real opportunities to geography. One of the things that tive de- deepen the field and to provide con- Brian Harley [founding coeditor of the mands of text for other fields such as art history, History of Cartography, with David the History history of science, and anthropology. Woodward] did was to reach out to of Cartography Project with a strong One major contribution that the colleagues in historical geography and devotion to excellent teaching and Project has made is that it has ex- political geography and to help them advising, university service, special panded the definition of the map be- realize that a map is a complex docu- cartographic projects, and outreach to yond most people’s horizon. ment; it has an agenda and a character the public. Brenda Parker, History of all its own. Cartography reference editor, recently Speaking of legacies, you have just spoke with him about his decision to received two important awards, one What is the drawback of a lack of a retire from teaching. being the Hilldale Award from the home discipline for the history of car- University of Wisconsin. tography? You are preparing for your upcoming retirement from teaching and Yes, and it was really nice to get that A lack of graduate students–graduate university responsibilities. What because it recognized contributions in students who you can train in a par- inspired this decision? three main areas of university work: ticular school of thought and who teaching, research, and outreach. I then feel like they can get a job when My half-time research appointment at have tried to balance those three they are done. There have been more the UW Institute for Research for the things, so it was a great honor. One of jobs in this field than people realize, in Humanities came to an end in June. If the things an award does is validate the antiquarian and library science I continued to teach, I would need to you. It enables you, when you are offer more courses in modern carto- trying to get support for the things continued on page 6

5 continued from page 5 What milestones for the History of while attending the North American Cartography Project are you looking Cartographic Information Society in fields, for example, but this has not forward to? Portland, Oregon, he gave a talk on been the general perception. the Project to the Western Association I’m really looking forward to the ap- of Map Libraries Annual Meeting. On How do you juxtapose this challenge pearance of Volume 3 [the Renais- his return, he gave a supplementary with the success and popularity of the sance]. Also, it would be nice to finish Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lecture, “The History of Cartography Project? all six volumes. The way I look at it, Role of Immigrants in the Italian Map the Project has an energy of its own, Trade,” at the Newberry Library, Chi- It’s a complete paradox, because the like a river wending its way to the sea. cago, addressed the International Map History of Cartography series has Boulders may be put in its path, but Collectors Society in Milwaukee, and been embraced in an interdisciplinary eventually it cuts a channel around welcomed participants in a post-meet- and international context. I think the them. One way or another it’s going to ing field trip to Madison. compartmentalization of knowledge bubble on until it gets there. Even if it In January, he gave a plenary ad- that is still so politically powerful in is dammed up, it is still going to gener- dress at the Institute of British Geogra- universities has not always served us ate electricity. There is an energy to phers Annual Meeting, Belfast, at well. But on another level, the books this project that is demonstrated by which he stressed that we must extend have been received well, and that is the support that individuals, corpora- the definition of cartography beyond a what has kept us going. tions, and foundations have given to it technical ability to define position. He year after year. Short of a complete expressed a hope that the History of How do you think people are using change in social , in which the Cartography Project will help to pro- the scholarship that has come out of water in the river might evaporate, I vide abundant evidence that the map the History of Cartography? feel confident that this history of car- is a cultural artifact with a rich history tography will eventually be completed that can help us understand the world Scholars, teachers, and even the gen- at the standard of quality it deserves. views of others and ourselves. Wood- eral public have turned to it for both ward attended the two-day sympo- bibliographic information and meth- Are there other things you want to sium on the history of twentieth-cen- odological insight; it has become the share about the Project? tury cartography, organized by the standard reference in the field and Project at the Association of American many books cite it extensively. Also, Well, one thing I would like to say is Geographers (AAG) meeting in Los the History has been featured at in- that the quality of the staffing of the Angeles, and served as a discussant at creasing numbers of scholarly confer- Project has just been amazing to me. an AAG session on popular cartogra- ences in various fields, the 1998 Asian Jude, of course, has been here for 20 phy. He organized four sessions at the Studies meeting in Chicago and recent years and is the linchpin of the Project. Renaissance Society of America an- Renaissance Society of America’s an- The project assistants and administra- nual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, nual meetings, for example. In this tive staff that we’ve been able to at- and presented “The Taste for Map way, the Project has served as the tract have all been excellent. We have Projections in the Renaissance.” foundation for a growing field of this community of people who have Masters theses supervised in 2002 study and a springboard for scholars worked for the include Brenda Parker’s “Community who have then gone on to publish Project, and we’re Mapping and the Portland Green work in this field. still in touch with Map,” Virginia W. Mason’s “The U.S. most of them. The Post Office Department, Division of What are the future directions for the personnel has been Topography: The Conception, Produc- History of Cartography? really terrific, and I tion, and Obsolescence of Postal Map- think they have ping in the United States” and Ben Obviously electronic versions of the learned a lot about Sheesley’s “Tidal Maps, Humboldtian books will happen. Our philosophy making books in the Science, and William Whewell.” has been to get the content right, and process. how the content is delivered is another Brenda Parker Aside from his work for Volume 6 and issue. There are real obstacles to elec- the Exploratory Essays Initiative, tronic versions, especially related to Editors’ News Mark Monmonier has been busy the images and copyright. But it would teaching, writing, and lecturing. He be enormously valuable to have the Talks in which David Woodward pro- has completed six book chapters (in project in electronic form, if one could moted the History of Cartography various stages of publishing), an ar- make it possible without jeopardizing Project included “The Taste for Map ticle on aerial mapping at the Agricul- the quality and economics of the Projections in the Renaissance” at the tural Adjustment Administration (out Project. 4th International Laboratory for the this fall), and Spying with Maps: Sur- History of Science in Florence and veillance Technologies and the Future Vinci, Italy, in May 2001. In October, of Privacy (also out this fall, from the

6 next book, of Colonial New England, and on preliminary research for his contributions to Vol- ume 4 of the History. He spent three very productive months at the John Carter Brown Library, Brown Univer- sity, as the Jeannette D. Black Memo- rial Fellow. He also spent several weeks conducting research at the Brit- ish Library and the Public Record Office, London. Last July, Edney pre- sented at the International Conference on the History of Cartography at the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; in De- cember, he gave two presentations to the European University Institute’s symposium “The Making of European Cartography,” held at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence; and, in April, he gave the keynote lecture at Several History of Cartography authors and their guests met in June on the occasion of the symposium “On the Map: Carto- David Woodward’s Murchison Award from the Royal Geographical Society. From left: graphy, Geography, and Politics” at Peter Barber, Sarah Tyacke, Nick Tyacke, Tony Campbell, David Woodward, Francis Stanford University’s Center for Inter- Herbert, Roger Kain, Laurence Worms, Catherine Delano-Smith, and Tessa Campbell. national Security and Cooperation.

University of Chicago Press). His ar- new office in the Maxwell complex at Mary Pedley (Volume 4) delivered the ticle, “Thematic Maps in Geography,” Syracuse University. fourteenth annual Kenneth Nebenzahl, appeared in late 2001 in the Interna- Jr., Lectures in the History of Carto- tional Encyclopedia for the Social & D. Graham Burnett (Volume 4) is an graphy at the Newberry Library in Behavioral Sciences. The July-August Assistant Professor in the History Chicago, 11-13 October 2001. En- issue of Mercator’s World included Department at Princeton University, titled “A Taste for Maps: Commerce Monmonier’s twelfth consecutive col- where he is a member of the Program and Cartography in Early Modern umn “All over the Map,” and he is in History of Science. His primary Europe,” Pedley’s three lectures were making steady progress on a history of research examines the role of the geo- followed by responses from David the Mercator projection (broadly de- graphical sciences in European colo- Woodward, Markus Heinz, and Peter fined), under contract at Chicago. He nialism, but he has also published on van der Krogt on Italian, German, and gave public lectures on gerrymander- themes in early modern history of Dutch cartography, respectively. The ing at Ohio State University in No- science. manuscript of the lectures has been vember (as Distinguished Lecturer in He spent much of this year devel- submitted to the University of Chicago the Arthur H. Robinson Colloquium oping a new survey lecture course on Press for review. Heinz invited Pedley Series) and at Indiana University (for the history of science and technology to contribute an essay on the map the Bulen Symposium on American in a global context. Emphasizing geo- trade to his catalog that will accom- Politics) in December, on mapping in graphical knowledge from the fif- pany an exhibit at the Stadtarchiv, newspapers in March (at the National teenth to the twentieth century, the Nuremberg, in the fall of 2002. The Computer-Assisted Reporting [CAR] course aimed to give students a sense exhibit will celebrate the 300th anni- Conference), on “Cartographies of of the complex and evolving relation- versary of the foundation of the Surveillance” in May (as keynote ad- ship between science and European mapmaking firm of Johann Baptist dress at the annual meeting of the world power. In addition, Burnett Homann and his heirs. In April, Canadian Cartographic Association), presented several lectures and papers, Pedley traveled to Monte Verità in and on cartographic misrepresentation including new work on Matthew Ascona, Switzerland, to participate in and propaganda in July (at the Santa Fontaine Maury at the National Mari- an international colloquium on Euro- Fe Art Institute). In May the CCA time Museum, Greenwich. He was pean engraving and cultural exchanges bestowed its Award of Distinction recently made an Old Dominion Fel- in the eighteenth and nineteenth centu- “for exceptional scholarly contribu- low at Princeton, and was invited to ries. The five-day seminar brought tion to the field of cartography”to join the Humanity Council’s year-long together print historians, curators of Monmonier. In April he completed a interdisciplinary workshop on time. ephemera collections, and one histo- year as president of the local chapter rian of cartography to discuss the of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Matthew Edney (Volume 4) spent the effect of the graphic image on intellec- Society, and in May he moved to a last year on sabbatical, working on his tual and social change in Europe.

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