THE HISTORY OF

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Now Available Online www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC Back cover from the Nîmes-Avignon sheet (no. 40) of the Carte Michelin de la France, 1:200,000. Bibendum (the Michelin Man) The University of Chicago Press has is shown rolling a Michelin tire across the made all four books of Volumes One globe. The Michelin Company was founded and Two of The History of Cartog- in 1830 and became a leader in rubber raphy freely available online. These manufacturing. At the turn of the century, books cover cartography in the an- the company began publishing travel guides cient and classical world and medi- that promoted Michelin products and eval (Vol. 1, ed. Harley and provided a wealth of travel information that Woodward, 1987); the traditional influenced the dramatic rise in popularity of Asian societies (Vols. 2.1 and Vol. the automobile. Michelin published its first in 1904, and by 1909 the company 2.2, ed. Harley and Woodward, 1992 had launched an ambitious project to and 1994); and indigenous societies produce and sell road covering all of across the rest of the world (Vol. 2.3, France. By 1914, the company had begun to ed. Woodward and Lewis, 1998). produce maps for areas outside of France. The books brought sustained atten- Buyers were enthusiastically appreciative tion to societies and cultures other of Michelin’s innovative system of pleating, than those on which map historians which allowed the user to view the map like had generally focused. They demon- one would turn the pages of a book rather strated the validity of a socio-cultural than having to completely unfold each sheet. This image will appear in “Michelin,” by approach to map history and encour- Pascal Pannetier, in Volume Six. aged much new scholarship. While many thousands of copies of these Size of the original: 22 x 10.7 cm. groundbreaking books have been Published by the Michelin & Cie., ca. 1923. sold, they are still not readily avail- able to all map historians because of their cost. Online publication now makes this scholarship available to also the prefaces, indexes, illustra- the user to search individual files or a wider audience. tions, captions, and cumulative bib- across all files at once for specified liographies—into PDF files that can keywords. Access to this site is avail- The Press has converted all parts of be read online or downloaded. At the able at www.press.uchicago.edu/ each book—not only the chapters but same time, a search function allows books/HOC.

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VOLUME ONE VOLUME TWO, BOOK ONE VOLUME TWO, BOOK TWO VOLUME TWO, BOOK THREE Cartography in Prehistoric, Cartography in the Cartography in the Traditional East Cartography in the Traditional Ancient, and Medieval Europe Traditional Islamic and and Southeast Asian Societies African, American, Arctic, and the Mediterranean South Asian Societies Australian, and Pacific Societies

Edited by Edited by Edited by Edited by J.B. HARLEY J.B. HARLEY J.B. HARLEY DAVID WOODWARD and and and and DAVID WOODWARD DAVID WOODWARD DAVID WOODWARD G. MALCOLM LEWIS

Department of , University of Wisconsin, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706-1404 TEL (608) 263-3992 EMAIL [email protected] FAX (608) 263-0762 URL http://www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart 24th ICHC: Moscow to order). Along with Alexey Postnikov,­ eminence grise of Russian history of Volume Four editors Matthew Edney cartography (see page 6), and their and Mary Pedley, managing editor many enthusiastic colleagues, the con- Jude Leimer, and associate editors ference organizers arranged a smooth Sarah Tyacke (Volume Four) and Carla flow of papers, posters, exhibitions, Lois (Volume Five) all had the pleasure and refreshment. of attending the 24th International Conference on the History of Cartog- One of the themes of the conference raphy (ICHC) in Moscow last July. was “Innovation and Tradition in The venue was the splendid mansion Enlightenment Cartography,” which fit Dom Pashkov (Pashkov House), which into the ambit of Volume Four. Pedley was built in the 1780s overlooking the and Edney took the opportunity to Kremlin. Newly reopened in 2007 after reflect on the current status of the vol- extensive restoration, Dom Pashkov ume in their own presentations: Pedley hosts not only the manuscript and map on “Cartographers without Borders: rooms of the Russian State Library, in The Pan-European Development of which some ICHC map exhibitions Reconnaissance Mapping in the 18th were held, but also a wonderful eigh- Century” and Edney on “When Car- teenth-century ballroom that served as tography became ‘Modern’: The Histo- the main conference hall. The magnifi- riography of Cartography’s Enlighten- ICHC conference organizer Liudmila cent views toward the Kremlin’s gold ment Reformation.” Their papers were Zinchuk, playing the balalaika, a three- domes occasionally distracted even the well received and offered a glimpse stringed instrument of Russian origin with most diligent listeners from attending into what the encyclopedic nature of a triangular body. to the fine set of lectures prepared for the volume could produce. Edney also the week! Many participants were con- took the opportunity to announce to both Sturani and Pressenda are Vol- tributors to volumes of The History of the international community the on- ume Four contributors (Topographical Cartography, not least the conference line publication of Volumes One and Mapping and Property Mapping in organizer herself, Liudmila Zinchuk Two (see front cover). the Italian States, respectively). They (pictured at right with her balalaika, are firm conference friends; their first which was used to call the proceedings­ Zinchuk and her staff also made attendance, at the 2005 conference in sure that the History of Cartography Budapest, where they presented a post- Project had time and space for its er, initiated a most fruitful correspon- contributors to come together for an dence that has been sustained by meet- open house style meeting. About forty ings at subsequent ICHCs. Their Mos- contributors were present. Edney and cow poster addressed a research idea Pedley jointly briefed the attendees rooted in the cooperative approach on the progress of the three encyclo- and pan-European outlook of Volume pedic volumes, a recent Volume Five meeting in Paris (see pages 4–5), and the Project’s finan- cial health.

The Volume Four editors also enjoyed the chance to meet more closely with our col- leagues from the Uni- versity of Turin: Paola Sereno, Maria Luisa Sturani, and Paola Pres- senda. Sereno contrib- uted to Volume Three (“Cartography in the Managing editor Jude Leimer and project director Matthew History of Cartography Project exhibit Duchy of Savoy dur- Edney with Jim Akerman (advisor and contributor to at the ICHC. ing the Renaissance”); Volumes Four and Six), in Red Square.

2 Four. Specifically, they proposed a “cross-institutional history of cartog- raphy” that explores the circulation of map-knowledge, mapping practices, and mapmakers throughout Enlight- enment Europe. The proposed inter- national research project would study the circulation of people, techniques, and ideas around the development of large-scale cartography during the period, particularly topographical and cadastral mapping. Edney and Pedley enjoyed a profitable meeting with this dynamic team to explore the possibili- ties of presenting some research results Catherine Delano-Smith, Agustin Hernando, and Paul Harvey, who have at the next ICHC in Helsinki in 2013 contributed articles in published and forthcoming volumes of The History and to share ideas about how to move of Cartography. Professor Harvey has attended all but four of the ICHC such a project forward. conferences since the biennial series began in London in the 1960s. To date, twenty-two conferences have been held.

Volume Four editor Mary Pedley and associate editor Christopher Ries (contributor to Volume Four) with editors and Sarah Tyacke at a coffee break between sessions at associate editors Carla Lois, Matthew Edney, Sarah Tyacke, and the conference venue, Pashkov Dom. Mary Pedley.

Editor Mary Pedley (center) pictured here with contributors Volume Four editors Mary Pedley and Matthew Edney at an informal Concepción Camarero Bullón (Volume Four) and Francesc meeting of volume contributors during the ICHC. Nadal (Volumes Four and Six).

3 Volume Four, Cartography in the European Enlightenment Steady progress was made in the last six months, and now over 71 percent of the volume’s entries have been written and submitted for editing. We look forward to receiving the remain- ing entries, most of which should be delivered by December, with submis- sion deadlines on only a small num- ber extending into 2012. We cannot stress enough to our contributors the importance of having all the entries in hand as soon as possible. It enables us to complete translations and move forward with the editing stage, and it allows authors time for revision and correction before publication.

Volume Five, Cartography Detail from The Town of Boston in New England, by John Bonner, engraved by Francis Dewing (Boston: William Price, ca. 1725). Boston merchant William Price was an American in the Nineteenth Century map seller who regularly advertised a stock of maps and prints. He became a publisher A landmark in the planning and de- upon acquiring the plate of this 1722 map of Boston by Bonner, which he revised and sign of the nineteenth-century volume reissued until 1769. The map will appear in “Map Trade in British America,” by David Bosse, was the first face-to-face business in Volume Four. Size of the entire original: 43 × 58 cm; size of this detail: ca. 21.5 × 29.7 cm. meeting of project director Matthew Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago (Vault Ayer 133 .B717 1722).

Funding Opportunities and Challenges For many years, we have sent a sep- 2011. There was a great deal of seeking private support for key arate solicitation card to members competition for very limited funds, personnel and the crucial work they of our mailing list that followed our and we are honored to have been se- perform, such as editing, fact and newsletter later in the fall. This year, lected to receive funding. The award reference checking, and acquisition however, we are asking friends to will help keep the Project operat- of illustrations and permission to make their year-end gifts in response ing. NEH, however, like all federal publish them. to this call for support. Enclosed agencies, was charged with making you will find a reply envelope for careful use of scarce tax dollars The challenges will become all the your convenience. You may also and was only able to fund about 85 more pressing when the current make a contribution online by visit- percent of our original request. We award from another major sponsor, ing: supportuw.org/giveto/histcart. were not surprised to learn in July the National Science Foundation, that our separate request to NEH’s ends in August 2013. If you have supported the Project in Collaborative Research program, to the past, please renew your support. support editorial work for Volume Gifts at every level make a differ- If not, please consider becoming a Four, was unsuccessful. This news ence. We welcome small, personal new donor. This is a critical time. presents some very real challenges gifts. We also welcome inquiries to our target date for publication of about sponsoring a specific area of In 2011 the History of Cartogra- Volume Four as well as our timeline need. The commitment to the Proj- phy Project received both news to for recruiting the first contributors ect’s mission shown by our many celebrate and news that has caused for Volume Five. friends around the world sustains some concern. In April, the National us in our work. We deeply appreci- Endowment for the Humanities Our exploration of alternate sources ate the generosity of all those who (NEH) Division of Preservation of funding has acquired a more can continue their support or who and Access awarded the Project a urgent tone. In particular, to main- can make a first-time contribution two-year grant, which began 1 July tain the Project’s momentum, we are in 2011.

4 Edney and Volume Five editor Roger sent for the informed comments of the history of cartography. He studied Kain with the two appointed as- Volume Five advisory board. The advi- medieval and modern history (MA sociate editors, Carla Lois and Imre sors’ comments will be crucially im- 1987) and geography (MA 1991, PhD Demhardt. Brief biographies of Lois portant, not least in identifying topics 1995) at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Demhardt are included in this that are currently missing from the list. Universität in nearby Frankfurt am newsletter. The meeting was held in Main. His studies of exploration, colo- Paris during the biennial international Volume Five Associate Editors nialism, and mapping have taken him conference of the International Car- to many corners of the globe, but most tographic Association (ICA). Edney Carla Lois is notably he has spent a total of more and Kain took the opportunity to brief Licenciada in than three years in sub-Saharan Africa. Lois and Demhardt on the principles geography and He has co-curated exhibitions and that underpin the encyclopedic design received her doc- is the author of numerous scholarly of the final three volumes of theHis - torate in history papers on post-Enlightenment explo- tory and the way they are structured from the Univer- ration and , around key cartographic contexts. sidad de Buenos Africa, and recently the Americas. The The team identified upcoming con- Aires (UBA) for latest of his seven books, Aufbruch ins ferences at which additional Volume a dissertation on Unbekannte (Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag, Five editorial meetings could be held the “discovery” of the Southern Hemi- 2011), is a collection of seventeen over the next three years, then began sphere in Renaissance maps and sci- essays on major European explor- work on the primary goal for the day: ence books. She is a researcher at the ers from Alexander von Humboldt reviewing the current list of Volume Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones to Sven Hedin as seen through their Five entries, topic by topic. A focused Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), maps. discussion helped identify the appro- works as associate professor of car- priate framework of world regions to tography at the Universidad Nacional Volume Six, Cartography deal with “big” topics such as property de La Plata, and also teaches history mapping, topographic mapping, and of geographical thought at the UBA. in the Twentieth Century colonial cartography. In conversation, She coordinates the working group Except for a half dozen entries, whose it was agreed that the nation-state Historia y Epistemología de la Car- tardy contributors shall remain name- basis used in Volume Four is not ap- tografía at the Instituto de Geografía, less, Volume Six is on track for pub- propriate for the nineteenth-century UBA, and organized the first Simposio lication in 2014. As of mid-August, volume. Furthermore, although by the Iberoamericano de Historia de la Car- editor Mark Monmonier had received mid-century mapmaking and map use tografía in Buenos Aires in 2006. Cur- manuscripts for 523 of the 529 assign- were increasingly internationalized, rently she heads an interdisciplinary able entries. Of these, 515 (98.5 per- this process had not run as far as it and collective project on geography cent)—up from 368 at the end of July would by the twentieth-century, so and visual culture. Lois has authored 2010—had been edited, approved, and Volume Six’s largely continental-scale several articles on the history of Latin forwarded to the Madison office for treatment of topics is also inappropri- American cartography and has recent- further editorial processing. Nearly a ate for the nineteenth century. Thus, ly edited Historias de la cartografía de third of all entries sent forward had for Volume Five, a rigid template of Iberoamérica with Héctor Mendoza been vetted by one of our associate regions for separate discussion will Vargas (Mexico City: UNAM-INEGI, editors (Peter Collier, Karen Cook, not be applied to all topics; rather, the 2009). She brings exceptional Latin John Kimerling, and Joel Morrison). framework will be sensitive and American and Hispanic competencies At Madison, managing editor Jude specific to each topic. to the Project. Leimer and her project assistants have completed fact and reference checking Following the Paris meeting, Kain Imre Josef for 366 entries, up from 290 at the worked through the topics to propose Demhardt was end of July 2010. appropriate regions for each and for- appointed in 2008 warded the new structure to the asso- to the Virginia and A busy summer was complicated by ciate editors for their comments. Kain Jenkins Garrett two contributors who missed their also took the opportunity to review Chair in the His- ultimate deadlines and had to be re- each entry to ensure its relevance to tory of Cartogra- placed—one by editor Monmonier, the volume and to confirm especially phy and Greater who recruited a coauthor for “Data that the draft list of individuals and in- Southwestern Handling and Information Extraction stitutions are of appropriate standing Studies at the Uni- from Remotely Sensed Data,” and the for an international history. The objec- versity of Texas at Arlington. He was other by editorial assistant Claudia tive is to discuss a draft list of topics born and raised in Wiesbaden, Ger- Asch, who collaborated with newly and some suggestions for contributors many, where a Christmas present—the appointed Volume Five associate editor at the October 2011 editorial meeting 1896 edition of Andree’s Handat- Carla Lois on “Boundary Surveying in Madison, after which the list will be las—sparked his lasting interest in the in Latin America.” Communications

5 student pursuing a BA in geography and philosophy, with certificates in German and GIS. The administra- tive position remains open while we restructure the job responsibilities. With best wishes for the future, we extend our thanks to Jan and Joel for their many contributions to the Proj- ect. Warmest welcome to Stephen.

“Every day the search widens,” a frame from the movie M, directed by Fritz Lang (1931). This cinemap shows concentric circles drawn on a map montage representing the investigative process used by the Berlin police to find clues regarding a serial killer. It combines both sound and image, and thus may well be the first audio-visual map ever created. The map will appear in “Cinema and Cartography,” by Sébastien Caquard, in Volume Six. This photo of Alexey V. Postnikov, author and advisor to several volumes in the Copyright 2006, Janus Films. series, was taken at the ICHC in Moscow, July 2011. Dr. Postnikov was also able with contributors and associate editors­ and “Reflection Essay: ‘Strategies for to visit with Project staff at the Madison office last May while in residence at the consumed much of Asch’s summer the Visualization of Geographic Time- University of Wisconsin, conducting effort, while Monmonier authored two Series Data,’” in Classics in Cartogra- research and writing with the support of new entries, organized the volume’s phy: Reflections on Influential Articles the 2011–12 David Woodward Memorial composite entries and cross-references, from Cartographica, ed. Martin Dodge Fellowship in the History of Cartography. planned an assault on the Introduction (John Wiley and Sons). in the fall, and traveled to Madison in Woodward Fellowship Applica- July to discuss illustrations and manu- Madison staff tion Deadline: 2 December 2011 script processing. The History of Cartography Proj- The University of Wisconsin–Madison During the spring semester Mon- ect has always enjoyed the ability (UW) Institute for Research in the monier spoke on “The Cartographic to attract and retain excellent staff. Humanities and the History of Car- Recognition of the Great Lakes Snow- During the summer of 2011, we tography Project are now accepting belts” at the Great Lakes Operational unfortunately said goodbye to two applications for the David Woodward Meteorological Workshop and on members of our team: Jan Manser, Memorial Fellowship in the History of “The Expansion of Imperative Cartog- our financial specialist, and Joel Cartography. The annual fellowship, raphy in the Twentieth Century and Longsdorf, who assisted with general generously sponsored by Art and Jan How Electronic Walls Might Reshape office work. Holzheimer, gives scholars an oppor- the Personal and Administrative Geog- tunity to further their research in the raphies of the Twenty-first Century” in Jan, who joined our staff in 2005, history of cartography in a stimulat- the weekly geography colloquium at retired from her position as Project ing academic environment and with the University of California, Berkeley. financial administrator in June, fol- access to all campus libraries and He is the author of two book chapters lowing a long career of university and facilities. A stipend of $7,000 supports published earlier this year: “Maps state service. Joel had assisted with travel and a two-month residency at as Graphic Propaganda for Public office tasks and library errands since the university. Health,” in Imagining Illness: Public 2009, but moved to Milwaukee in Health and Visual Culture, ed. David August. His position has been filled For the 2012–13 fellowship, we are Serlin (University of Minnesota Press), by Stephen Wyman, a fourth-year especially interested in receiving

6 The History of Cartography

Volume One (1987) Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean ed. J. B. Harley and David Woodward Awarded Best Book in the Hu- manities by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.

Volume Two, Book One (1992) Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies ed. J. B. Harley and David Woodward Awarded the 1992 R. R. Hawkins Award for Best Scholarly Book by the Association of American Publishers.

While in Venice, March 2011, Volume Four editor Mary Pedley took advantage of the Volume Two, Book Two (1994) opportunity to meet author and advisory board member Vladimro Valerio to discuss Cartography in the Traditional East mutual interests in eighteenth-century cartography. and Southeast Asian Societies ed. J. B. Harley and David Woodward

Volume Two, Book Three (1998) proposals to support a visiting cura- Cartography in the Traditional tor who will plan and design a map African, American, Arctic, Australian, exhibition of about forty items to be To order published books and Pacific Societies installed at the UW’s Chazen Museum in The History of Cartography ed. David Woodward and G. Malcolm of Art. This will provide an excellent series, please contact: Lewis opportunity for a scholar in the arts or Awarded the 1999 James Henry museum studies to engage with maps The University of Chicago Press Breasted Prize by the American Historical Association. as works of art or for a map historian 11030 South Langley Avenue to learn the process of exhibition de- Chicago, IL 60628 Volume Three (2007) sign. Proposals for general research USA Cartography in the European on subjects related to the history of Renaissance cartography are also welcome. ed. David Woodward EMAIL Complete information and application [email protected] Volume Four (in preparation) instructions are available at http:// Cartography in the European Enlightenment www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/ WEB #fellow. ed. Matthew H. Edney and Mary S. www.press.uchicago.edu Pedley

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