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Picture of the author (with the late Prof. Kretschmer), taken at the 2005 ICHC in Budapest by Peter van der Krogt

Picture of the author (in dark suit, with Kenneth Nebenzahl) taken at the closing dinner of the 2009 ICHC in Copenhagen (courtesy of the Danish Royal Library, ©Karsten Bundgaard)

Picture of the author (standing, with Alexey Postnikov to the left and Matthew Edney to the right) taken at the 2011 ICHC in Moscow (courtesy of the local organisers)

History of the site
'Map History' archive
Reviews of the site
Navigation aids

New & significantly altered pages (Archive, 1999- )

History of the site

The 'Map History' site was officially launched in an announcement to the MapHist list on 13 February 1997. However, a number of pages had been mounted in late 1996, and the site's inception can be traced back, more than a year earlier, to a proposal put to a (generally sceptical) audience at the September 1995 meeting in Vienna of the International Society of Curators of Early Maps. This was followed by a more detailed proposal sent to MapHist on 1 November 1995. Behind even that, though, was a message (again - where else? - to MapHist) on 25 March 1995. This made a cogent case for a 'centralized location', where bibliographical references could be posted, added to, and remain readily accessible. That message was posted by Josh Hane (who was to die, tragically early, on 21 June 1996) and his colleague at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Geography, Charles Dean. I would like here to acknowledge Josh and Charles for giving me the idea.

From the outset, until summer 2003, 'Map History' formed part of the website of the Institute of Historical Research (University of London), whose hospitality is gratefully acknowledged. At the beginning, I supplied text, which was turned into webpages by Derek McGhie (who was to die, tragically young, in 2000). Subsequently, I graduated to editing existing pages online and, later, to managing all web operations for 'Map History'. I would like to express my thanks to Derek, and to his successors at the IHR for all their helpful advice.

Tony Campbell, August 2003

Since August 2003 the site has enjoyed the helpful hospitality of Jack Benson's Ammonet web hosting

'Map History' Archive

Internet Archive (1999-2007)
For a selection of archival snapshots of the entire site (from 1999 onwards) see the Internet Archive, Wayback Machine. For the period up to August 2003 enter, http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps ; subsequently enter, www.maphistory.info . Note that material was sometimes added 12 months or more after its creation. The frequency of capture also varies considerably.

UK Web Archiving Consortium (2008- )
On the other hand, the UK Web Archiving Consortium started to archive the entire 'Map History' site in October 2008 [although it says just 'Home page archived'] and is repeating the capture in April and October of each year.

Reviews of the site

Review of 'Map History' in the American Library Association's CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries - 'Social & Behavioral Sciences. History, Geography & Area Studies. 35SUP-366 [?September 2000 - online to subscribers?]
'Multimedia: Gateway to History - a review of Tony Campbell’s "Map History" Web site', by Gary Turley in Mercator's World, 6:3 (May-June 2001), pp.54-5
'Internetportalen voor de geschiedenis van de kartografie' by Marco van Egmond in Caert- Thresoor 21,3 (2002), pp.73-7 [on Oddens' Bookmarks and 'Map History']

Navigation aids

General Index - providing an alternative to the Main Menu for navigating round the site [New - 8 May 1999, and regularly amended thereafter]
Site map - giving a single overview of about 100 internal pages [New - 6 June 2000]
'Keyword or phrase searching across this entire site' [New - 30 August 2000] {dropped in favour of Site Search, see below}
Site redesign to mark its incorporation into the World Wide Web - Virtual Library [New - October 2000]
Site restructuring, with a new Homepage menu that combined into a single sequence the formerly separate 'Real World' and 'Web Resources' divisions [New - March 2001]
Site Search facility provided, courtesy of FreeFind [go to the Homepage] [New - January 2002]
External links opening in a new window (a by-product of the site move) [New - August 2003]
Further rationalisation, e.g. the content of 'What can you find on the web' distributed (making separate Family History and Online Encyclopedias pages) and several pages reorganised (among them Globes and Other Topics) [December 2005]
Redesign of the Homepage - for help with which, many thanks to John Woram [July 2008]

New and significantly altered webpages (Archive, 1999- )

For recent changes see What's New

2012

J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2012 awards [New - 16 January 2012]

2011

'Maps and Society': 2011-2012 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London (the Twenty-first series) [New - 24 August 2011]
'Searching for Early Maps: Use of Online Library Catalogs' (by Joel Kovarsky) [Revised - August 2011]
Significant post-publication additions and corrections to the portolan chart pages (started April 2011)
A critical re-examination of portolan charts, with a reassessment of their replication and seaboard function - (a book-length collection of essays, notes and analysis on 40 web 'pages') [March 2011 - ongoing]
Comprising:
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2011 awards [New - 20 January 2011]

2010

'Searching for Early Maps: Use of Online Library Catalogs' (by Joel Kovarsky) [New - October 2010]
'Maps and Society': 2010-2011 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London (the Twentieth series) [New - 5 June 2010]

2009

The over-large Web Articles 'Europe' page was broken down into: Continental Europe and British Isles (to match the treatment, five years before, for the equivalent 'Images' pages) [17 October 2009]

2008

Stolen maps & books by George Ritzlin (about Joshua McCarty) [ New - 8 October 2008]
Janssonius 'Nova Anglia' - an extended note on two versions of a further fake [ New - 4 October 2008]
'Maps and Society': 2008-2009 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London [New - 5 August 2008]

A new section of articles by Tony Campbell, and links to others (added 25 June 2008)

Chronogram dates of cartographic interest [1983-2008 - with other authors; partly written for the web. Noted earlier, but Illustrations page added]
A dark deed mapped by the originator of the Penny Black [1990]
A False Start on Christopher Saxton's Wall-map of 1583? [1979]
Laying bare the secrets of the British Library's map collections [1993]
Letter Punches: a Little-Known Feature of Early Engraved Maps [1987]
Martin Llewellyn's Atlas of the East (c.1598) [1975-2006; partly written for the web. Noted earlier but illustrations now added]
Understanding Engraved Maps [1989. Noted earlier]

The 'Guidelines' for those considering hosting and running an International Conference on the History of Cartography have been revised and reorganised. See the ICHC introduction webpage [added, 10 June 2008]
Chronogram dates of cartographic interest [New - 14 April 2008; major update 29 April 2008]
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2008 awards [New - 28 January 2008]

A new section on Cartographic Fakes, Forgeries and Facsimiles likely to deceive (added 28 January 2008)

Index to known fakes, forgeries and deceptive facsimiles [NB. This is a Microsoft Word document]
How to tell a fake or forgery
Notes on selected maps
Bibliography

2007

Library Security for Maps (report on the MAGERT meeting, June 2007) [New - 4 October 2007]
'Maps and Society': 2007-2008 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London [New - 11 June 2007]
'Understanding engraved maps' (a reissue of a 1989 illustrated article by Tony Campbell in The Map Collector ) [New - 6 April 2007]
Doctorates relating to the history of cartography (awarded from 1995 onwards) [annual updating, 11 March 2007].
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2007 awards [New - 19 February 2007]

2006

Courtroom Press Release re Forbes Smiley, 20 June 2006 [New - 29 July 2006]
'Maps and Society': 2006-2007 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London [New - 5 June 2006]
'Martin Llewellyn's Atlas of the East (c.1598)' [New - 8 May 2006] The revised text of an unpublished 1975 conference paper
Map Quotations [New - 9 April 2006]
Fellowships, Prizes and Awards [revised and extended - 28 March 2006]
What can the International Map Collectors' Society do to deter map thieves? [New - 25 February 2006]
Mercator's World. The selection of previously online articles from this journal (active 1996-2003) has been reinstated (mostly on the Web articles pages), using the Wayback Machine [12 February 2006]
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2006 awards [New - 8 February 2006]

2005

The Deadlines listing revised for 2006 [22 December 2005]
The News section reorganised, with the addition of a new Latest News page [20 November 2005 (ongoing)]
History of Aviation [New - 9 November 2005]
Cambridge History of Cartography Seminar, 2005/2006 [New - 27 October 2005]
Seminars in Cartography, 2005/2006 [New - 7 September 2005]
Issues arising out of the Forbes Smiley affair [New - 15 August 2005 (provisional version)]
Latest breaking news on the Forbes Smiley theft case [New - 11 August 2005 (ongoing)]
'Maps and Society': 2005-2006 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London [New - 8 June 2005]
Free online access to the article that won the first Imago Mundi Prize [New - 9 April 2005]
First Imago Mundi Prize awarded [New - 10 March 2005]
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2005 awards [New - 1 February 2005]
Two dozen suggestions for attending your first International Conference on the History of Cartography [New - 12 January 2005]

2004

Landscape and Garden History [New - 21 November 2004]
The over-large Web Images 'Europe' page was broken down into: Continental Europe and British Isles [16 October 2004]
'Maps and Society': 2004-2005 programme of talks at the Warburg Institute, London [New - 14 July 2004]
Book Reviews relating to the History of Cartography [New - 17 April 2004]
The first list of Collaborators [United States to follow] [New - 15 April 2004]
Aerial Photographs [New - 10 April 2004]
Collaborating on the 'Map History' site. Would you like to help? [New - 4 April 2004]
What is not included on this site and why [ New - 5 March 2004]
Doctorates relating to the history of cartography [annual update, 1 February 2004]
J B Harley Research Fellowships (the sub-site has been redesigned, with its own homepage, and with all the information for fellowship applicants and referees now available online) [31 January 2004]
Doctorates in progress relating to the history of cartography [New - 14 January 2004]
J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography - 2004 awards [New - 14 January 2004]

2003

College and university level courses in the history of cartography [New - 1 December 2003]
Helen Wallis Fellowship awarded [New - 30 July 2003]
Imago Mundi Prize [New - 30 July 2003]
Doctorates relating to the history of cartography [annual update, 16 May 2003]
Acknowledgments of help with the 'Map History' site [New - 30 January 2003]
Statistics relating to the 'Map History' site [New - 30 January 2003]
Web Images [16 January 2003]. With nearly 600 links, and running to well over 200 Kb, this was becoming very unwieldy. It has therefore been broken down into 12 separate pages
2003 Harley Awards announced [New - 8 January 2003]
Web Articles [7 January 2003]. With over 500 links, and running to over 200 Kb, this was becoming very unwieldy. It has therefore been broken down into 12 separate pages

2002

Imago Mundi. Publishing partnership with Routledge announced [New - 17 December 2002]
Helen Wallis Fellows appointed [New - 20 September 2002]
Oxford Seminars in Cartography, 2002/2003 [New - 20 September 2002]
Index to the largest map image sites [New - 4 August 2002]
Imago Mundi - contents of Vol. 54 (2002) (with abstracts in English, French, German and Spanish) [New - 1 July 2002]
Newsletters relating to the history of cartography [New - 26 June 2002]
Fourth Helen Wallis Fellow appointed at the British Library [New - 15 June 2002]
'Maps and Society' Lectures: 2002-2003 [New - 26 May 2002]

A new section on Map Thefts (added 7 May 2002)

How should we respond to early map thefts?
Links relating to the theft of early books and maps
Report of the 'Responding to Theft' seminar (National Library of Wales, 25 April 2002)
European map thefts (2001)

Recent doctorates in the history of cartography [latest additions - 22 April 2002]
Teachers and Parents: Web Resources Relating to Early Maps [New - 18 March 2002]
'Bibliographic Essay: History of Cartography' (by Evelyn Edson, from CHOICE: current reviews for academic libraries, July/August 2001). [New - 31 January 2002]
Family history: maps and place-names [New - 29 January 2002]
A round-up of national and international digital projects concerning early mapping [additions, and a new menu - 29 January 2002]
Deadlines in the history of cartography [New - 27 January 2002]
Note on the origin of this site [New - 24 January 2002]
J B Harley Research Fellowships 2002 [New - 10 January 2002]

2001

'A plea to those who host map images' [part of "ABOUT the listing of early map image sites on the web"] [additions to the examples of 'good practice' and innovation (see 'Functionality') - 15 December 2001]
Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship, 2002-2003 [updated - 25 October 2001]
Cambridge History of Cartography Seminar, 2001-2002 [New - 25 October 2001]
Helen Wallis Fellowship announced [New - 10 October 2001]
Oxford Seminars in Cartography 2001-2002 [New - 27 September 2001]
Imago Mundi 53 (2001) - Contents and trilingual abstracts [New - 2 September 2001]
See Peter van der Krogt's photographic record of the 19th International Conference on the History of Cartography
ISCEM programme (Madrid conference, 30 June) [New - 5 June 2001, and later alterations]
'Maps and Society' Lectures: 2001-2002 [New - 5 June 2001]
General news in the history of cartography 2000 [New - 25 May 2001]
19th International Conference on the History of Cartography: Papers and Posters [New - 17 May 2001 - with dated corrections added afterwards]
Doctorates relating to the history of cartography [latest additions - 14 March 2001 and again 16 March]
Images of early maps on the web [New - 13 February 2001] (This and the following replace an earlier page entitled 'How to find map images on the web'. Monthly updates followed [not noted on this or the What's New pages] - to retrieve the content of each update, see the note at the head of the relevant page)
About the listing of early map image sites on the web [New - 13 February 2001]
The J.B. Harley Awards for 2001 [New - 16 January 2001]

2000

Web Articles [further additions, and a new, explanatory page created: About 'Web Articles' - 28 December 2000]
Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship [New - 18 December 2000]
Samples of the 'Bibliography' to Imago Mundi, volume 52 (2000) [New - 20 November 2000]
How to find map images on the web [extensively revised - 1 November 2000]
Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography [extended to include online exhibitions - 25 October 2000]
Searching for maps and books on the web [revised and the totals recalculated - 12 October 2000]
Oxford Seminars in Cartography - Programme for 2000/2001 [New - 6 October 2000]
How to find images on the Web [rearranged and a new section on 'Search Engines' added - 28 August 2000]
Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography [New - 21 August 2000] (Monthly updates followed [not noted on this or the What's New pages] - to retrieve the content of each update, see the note at the head of the relevant page)
'Call for Papers' (and Registration/Reservation Form) for Madrid Conference (July 2001) - see instructions on the general conference page [New - 28 July 2000]
Contents of Imago Mundi Volume 52 [New - 23 July 2000]
2000-2001 Wallis Fellowship awarded [New - 18 July 2000]
Using the 'British Library Map Catalogue on CD-ROM': a brief and selective guide [New - 30 May 2000]
Searching for maps and books on the web [New - 19 April 2000]
Map Collections [rearranged and extensively rewritten - 17 April 2000]
'Institutional and General News' - preview of part of Chronicle, to appear in volume 52 of Imago Mundi [New - 12 April 2000]
Doctorates in the history of cartography [extensively updated 27 March 2000]
Searching for cartographic materials in the Library of Congress Catalog [New - 3 February 2000]
Jobs in map librarianship on the Internet [New - 3 February 2000]
2000 Harley Fellowships awarded [31 January 2000]

1999

Links inserted to Boudewijn Meijer's listing of Electronic publications [moved and renamed 'MapRef' August 2008] [December 1999]
Imago Mundi: general statement [rewritten - 10 December 1999]
Special topics with relevance to early maps [reorganised - 2 November 1999]
'Internet Resources' renamed as Web Resources and its contents page reorganised. All links remain unaffected [21 October 1999]
Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Programme for 1999-2000 [New - 15 October 1999]
National Maritime Museum Research Fellowships [New - 24 September 1999]
What they said about the 9th edition of Who's Who in the History of Cartography ('D9') [New - 24 September 1999]
Why your library should subscribe to Imago Mundi [17 September 1999]
Comparing digital map images: Tips and Tricks (by Patricia Alkhoven) [New - 15 September 1999]
Oddens's Bookmarks [Revised 8 September 1999, with a special search facility designed for historical subjects]

possible gap here
Other topics that might be of interest [New - 8 May 1999]
Globes - History [amended - 28 April1999]
Recent Doctorates [New - 24 April 1999]
General News 1998/99 [New - 24 April 1999]
Other Internet map lists [amended - 23 March 1999]
Papers and Workshops - for the 18th International Conference on the History of Cartography (Athens, July 1999) [New - 25 March 1999. NB minor amendments made subsequently]
How to find images on the Web [New - 6 March 1999]
Map Collecting [New - 8 February 1999]
What can you find abut early maps on the Web? [New - 6 February 1999]
Conference Planner - a quick chronlogy [New - January 1999]
1999 Harley Awards [New - January 1999]
Related Subjects [heavily amended - January 1999]
Marketplace [amended - January 1999]

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