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by oldmapgallery 2y ago
Great freaking work. Have been waiting for someone to do something like this for years. We also would have some inputs on some of the short-lived territories in the U.S. West that were important and had a role in later regional development.
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by oldmapgallery 2y ago
Yes, Tufte did much to popularize the Minard map related to Napoleon, but there were map dealers that had been intrigued by it and discussing it for quite a while prior to that. Those discussions can leak into academia and pollinate a whole
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by oldmapgallery 2y ago
Was tremendously intrigued to see Marcou's name and position on the topic that came up in this discussion. He's a titan in historical geology. But I can't think of any early maps that identify this people group or mountain r
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by oldmapgallery 3y ago
Just wanted to put your fears and concerns at ease, if I could. Have interacted with Mr Rumsey for at least thirty years, and have always admired his humility, scholarship and efforts. Genuinely he's had an interest in cartography and
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by oldmapgallery 4y ago
Mastodon has been the social media experience we've been hoping to someday find. Much more content rich than twitter, and discussions that go somewhere interesting. There are too many bright people on Mastodon, and it's wonderful.
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by oldmapgallery 7y ago
We come at this from a strange perspective, as we dealt in old maps for the last thirty years or so, mostly paper, but on occasion things on silk, cotton or rayon. It's an amazing non-proprietary technology, paper. Even things that are