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Educational reformers in the late eighteenth century, such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Switzerland, proposed that the best way to learn geography was for children to make their own maps, copying from printed masters. This practice quickly became...
The decoration on “portolan” charts of the Mediterranean Sea — all hand-drawn on sheepskin (“vellum”) — varied according to the amount that their owners were willing to pay. Whoever commissioned item 28, from one of a family of chart make...
Before the modern era of mass literacy and public instruction, education was a private and socially limited endeavor. While many geography books and atlases were printed for elite readers, initial education and further learning was conducted in hand-...
Places are more than just locations; they have significance. That significance combines landscape, human modifications and activities, and cultural meaning, which together distinguish one place from all others. Maps are a key element in place making....
Maps of property circulate within small groups: government officers who regulate and tax property; property owners; potential buyers; and lawyers should a dispute end up in court. With less than a handful of copies needed of any one map, property map...
The world and regional maps in this section were not intended for general or wide distribution. This does not mean that there was a conscious effort to keep the maps and their information secret. Rather, each was made by a small group of people who s...
Any student who has written in a textbook knows that print and manuscript practices are not completely distinct, but they can intersect cartographically in several ways.First, all printed maps begin as hand-drawn originals that guide the preparation ...
