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Matthew EdneyHi Everyone: Just a reminder that the deadline for proposals for the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY in Prague-Brno in July 2026 is rapidly approaching. It is 14 November! Please get your proposals in!!!!For info, goto <a href="https://ichc2026.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ichc2026.org</a><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartography</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a>

Matthew EdneyI have a new post at mappingasprocess.net, on the most amazing map exhibition, ever!*Cartes et figures de la terre* at the Centre Pompidou in 1980 -- really wish I'd been able to see it!read it at: <a href="https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2025/10/13/the-most-importantand-amazingmap-exhibition-ever" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2025/10/13/the-most-importantand-amazingmap-exhibition-ever</a>Enjoy <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartography</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/exhibition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exhibition</a>

Maps in the WildJohn Speed EnlargedMatthew shared this "this might be my last time in the Science Hall office of the history of <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartography</a> project, as the building is about to get entirely rehabilitated before I next have to return in person! So here’s David Woodward’s blow up of 1651 Speed <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> … <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> … w photos of Woodward and Harley !!!!"<a href="https://mappery.org/john-speed-enlarged/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mappery.org/john-speed-enlarged/</a>

Matthew EdneyNewly conserved 1880s strip <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#map</a> of the Hudson River, rolled up inside a mini beer barrel. We can now open and close this without damaging the map. The map continues on the verso. So cool! <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartography</a>. At Osher Map Library oshermaps.org

Matthew EdneyAll the maps for show and tell just now - territorial mapping 18-19c. <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> — so much fun (for me at least!)

Daniel BellingradtIn 1683, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/camels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#camels</a> took part in the Ottoman siege of Vienna. In this military map of the Saxon artillery chief captain Daniel Suttinger (1640-1689) the fleeing of the Turkish troops and their camels are shown. <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodons</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> Access the zoomable map: <a href="https://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/70305251" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/70305251</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksState Historian Susan Schulten On The Maps That Shaped — And Distorted — Colorado’s History -- <a href="https://www.cpr.org/2025/08/01/state-historian-susan-schulten-on-the-maps-that-shaped-and-distorted-colorados-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cpr.org/2025/08/01/state-historian-susan-schulten-on-the-maps-that-shaped-and-distorted-colorados-history/</a> <-- shared media / technical article -- [note that I have no association with Ms. Schulten ] “As Colorado marks its 149th birthday Friday — and the nation nears its 250th — Susan Schulten steps into the role of State Historian. A longtime professor at the University of Denver and author of “A History of America in 100 Maps,” Schulten explores how cartography reflects power, persuasion and erasure. She spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner about why history isn’t about heroes and villains — and why messy stories matter…” <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartography</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colorado</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#influence</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#culture</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/powerofmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerofmaps</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/historicalmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historicalmaps</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MapHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MapHistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VintageMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMaps</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stories</a> @ColoradoPublicRadio

Daniel Bellingradt :mastodon:A trilingual edition (Danish/German/Latin) from 1672 used a completely new image for the page about bookseller's shops: <a href="https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/65575/291" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/65575/291</a> Now we see a crowded room (only men), tables with bound books, and various single-sheet items (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broadsides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broadsides</a>), a wall full of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backwardsbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backwardsbooks</a> (waiting for a bookbinder), another wall full of boxes or stacked unfolded sheets, and in the middle: various prints, a map, and two globes. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a> 7/14

Daniel Bellingradt :mastodon:All roads lead to Rome. Meet the earliest known European map with a scale: This woodcut "south up" map by Erhard Etzlaub offers a route to Rome - located on the top of the map - through early modern German speaking Europe. The map was printed as a single-sheet item, and was made in Nuremberg for the Holy Year 1500.Etzlaub wanted his "Rom-Weg" map to be bought, so he offered colored versions too, like the one you see, because these were more expensive.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MapHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodons</a> 1/4

Daniel Bellingradt :mastodon:All this and more is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookhistory</a> nowadays: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newshistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newshistory</a>, journalism from handwritten to printed to digital news transmission, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maphistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maphistory</a>, visual mapmaking by humans on whatever material, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/printinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printinghistory</a>, using global printing technologies, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscript</a> usages ...(and more). Too much, isn't it? Remember the riot reference?

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