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Purloined map returned to Spain
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/03/08 - 16:17. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cartography | SpanishA rare 15th century Ptolemy world view map stolen in 2007 from the National library of Spain has been discovered in a Sydney, Australia art gallery and returned to Spain.
Pennsic included in Google Maps
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2008/03/07 - 22:14. Cartography | Modern Society | Pennsic WarJeff Morton reports that the Pennsic War has been captured by the cartographers of Google Satellite Maps.
North Wales Celtic "Land of the Dead?"
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/01/17 - 22:36. Cartography | WelshA 19th century map may be the key to a Celtic mystery: the location of the legendary Land of the Dead. According to the map, it may be in the Ruabon and Halkyn Mountains in North Wales.
Medieval Mappa honoured by UNESCO
Submitted by Sabine Berard on Sun, 2007/12/30 - 18:19. 1201 CE to 1300 CE | CartographyA famous 13th century map of the world has been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register.
Estrella War XXIV Interactive Event Map/Camping Map Page
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2007/12/25 - 18:12. Cartography | Estrella WarThe Event Coordinators for Estrella War XXIV (Feb 12-18, 2008) are pleased to announce that a new "Event Site Maps" page has been added to the website.
Tabula Peutingeriana, last surviving roadmap of Roman roads
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2007/12/06 - 22:24. BBC News | Cartography | Roman | Scribal ArtsOriented east to west instead of north to south, the Tabula Peutingeriana, a seven-meter-long parchment scroll, records the network of roads of the late Roman Empire. From Spain to India, the map elongates the continents and reduces the Mediterranean Sea to a squiggle, but is the earliest known map of Roman roads.
Tapestry map shows Midlands of Shakespeare's time
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/12/02 - 18:12. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Cartography | English | Textile ArtsA huge (4 feet x 6 feet, or 122 x 183 cm) 16th century tapestry map has returned to Oxford's Bodleian Library where it will be placed on display. The map was one of four such maps and was long thought to be lost. The Bodleian now owns three with the fourth in the Warwickshire Museum.
FBI Returns Stolen Maps to Spain
Submitted by Sabine Berard on Tue, 2007/11/20 - 18:36. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cartography | Modern Society | SpanishEarlier this year, a man named Cesar Gomez Rivero from Uruguay allegedly walked into the Biblioteca Nacional de España and swiped a series of maps from a 15th century edition of Geographia (one of four major treatises of Ptolemy, the Greek scholar who lived in Roman Egypt during the second century).
Roaming through Leicester
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/10/07 - 21:38. Cartography | EnglishThe city of Leicester in England offers an interactive map that allows visitors to explore different aspects of the historical city by clicking on landmarks on the map. The map includes access to the Roman Centre, Medieval Centre, Castle and Newark Liberty and the Modern Centre.
Ancient Roman map available online
Submitted by Justin on Thu, 2007/09/27 - 19:11. 601 CE and Earlier | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Cartography | RomanThe Peutingerian Map, thought to be the oldest surviving road map in the world, is now available for study on the Internet through collaboration between the Austrian National Library and Christos Nüssli of Euratlas.com.
Hailes Abbey map discovered
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/07/01 - 15:49. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Cartography | English | Places of WorshipHailes Abbey, in England's Cotswolds, lies in ruins a victim of Henry VIII's dissolution program. Now the discovery of an Elizabethan map may shed new light on what the 12th century church looked like.
John Smith, mapmaker
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/06/27 - 19:00. 1601 CE and Later | Cartography | New WorldAmong his many talents, explorer and early Jamestown resident Captain John Smith could count mapmaking. A map created by Smith in 1608 of the Chesapeake Bay river system has been compared recently with modern maps and found to have a "stunning level of accuracy."
Chinese historical maps online
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/06/03 - 18:33. Cartography | ChineseLiu Xiao Mei Furen shares the discovery of online versions of several Chinese maps including one which shows the locations of places discussed in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
SCA Google Earth
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/05/30 - 17:28. SCA | CartographySCA blogger Anachronista reports on the undertaking of a monumental task by Diarmuid Ceolmhor: mapping the Known World on Google Earth.
Exhibit on New World maps now on display at the Chrysler
Submitted by Karen on Wed, 2007/04/25 - 12:08. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | 1601 CE and Later | Cartography | Exhibits | New World"Envisioning Virginia 1587-1784: Early Maps of the New World" will be on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art, in Norfolk, Virginia, through August 12.
Mapping the Middle Ages
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/04/18 - 19:29. 1201 CE to 1300 CE | 1301 CE to 1400 CE | Cartography | EnglishKeith Lilley, Chris Lloyd and Steve Trick of Queen's University Belfast have provided a digital resource for maps of villages and townships in the Middle Ages.
Navigating 16th Century London
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2006/11/17 - 00:19. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Cartography | EnglishDr. Janelle Jenstad of the University of Victoria in British Columbia has created an interactive map of 16th century London complete with the "theatres and landmarks of Shakespeare's time."
Today in the Middle Ages: May 13, 1501
Submitted by Ursula on Sat, 2006/05/13 - 15:52. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Cartography | Italian | Nautical | New World | Portuguese | Today in the Middle AgesAmerigo Vespucci departed Lisbon on May 13, 1501 on the voyage that would put his name on two continents.
Lochac Interactive Map
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2006/04/11 - 14:50. Cartography | LochacFinn, Webmaster for the Kingdom of Lochac, has announced that a revised version of the Lochac Kingdom map is now available online. The map is interactive.
Mapping 14th Century Britain
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2006/04/10 - 00:55. 1301 CE to 1400 CE | Cartography | EnglishMapping the Realm: English Catrographic Constructions of Fourteenth-Century Britain is an interactive online version of England's Gough Map.
University of North Carolina's Ancient Map Project
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2006/03/28 - 00:48. Cartography | Modern SocietyResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have announced that they have received a US$390,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring ancient maps to the internet through UNC's Ancient World Mapping Center.
Chinese Claim to New World Discovery Met with Skepticism
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2006/01/27 - 20:11. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cartography | Chinese | New WorldChinese lawyer Liu Gang recently revealed a map he claims proves China's claims to the discovery of America, but the announcement met with a cool reception from Chinese scholars.
Historic Maltese Maps to be Digitized
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2006/01/22 - 02:51. Cartography | European | Modern Society | Scribal ArtsMaltacom's National Cultural Foundation has sponsored a Lm6,000 project to digitize maps from a collection owned by Albert Ganado.
Michael of Rhodes Website Online
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2006/01/03 - 19:30. Astrology and Astronomy | Cartography | Italian | Nautical15th century Venetian sailor Michael of Rhodes is the subject of a website which chronicles his works on astrology, navigation and calendrical computations.
"Islamic Manuscripts from Mali" Online
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2005/12/24 - 15:51. African | Cartography | Middle Eastern | Scribal ArtsJudith of Troll Fen reports that the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress has released Islamic Manuscripts from Mali as part of its Global Gateway collection. The collection is available online.
Jamestown Exploration Puzzle May be Solved
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2005/11/26 - 17:05. 1601 CE and Later | Cartography | Nautical | New WorldResearchers have long questioned Captain John Smith's claim that he explored much of the Nanticoke River in Virginia in a brief, three-day period during the summer of 1608. Now a new expedition may give them answers.
