InfoD-Cafe: [Fwd: [MapHist] Review of Lester Book on Waldseemuller in Telegraph]

[Deborah Taylor-Pearce]

Cafe,

I thought some of you might be interested in this, since there is a
connection here to what we might call early-modern information design,
and Lester's scholarly product is more "user-friendly" than what some
of us are known for.... ;-)

I expect Lester's book is not going to be the final word on the naming
of "America" and Waldseemüller’s map of 1507. Scholarly debates over
the earliest European (and now, Chinese) travels to and explorations
of the Americas are of long standing, with scholarly passions running
very hot at times!

But the topic appears to be of enduring interest, and Lester's book
promises to be an interesting read.

Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com


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Subject: [MapHist] Review of Lester Book on Waldseemuller in Telegraph
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:19:52 -0500
From: Bert Johnson <mandraki at verizon.net>
To: MapHist <maphist at geo.uu.nl>

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6551122/The-Fourth-Part-of-the-World-by-Toby-Lester-review.html

Review is written by Noel Malcolm, himself a prolific author on Hobbes
and the Balkans (a rare combination, surely):  "This is a very
impressive book: always user-friendly but never dumbed-down and
covering an extraordinary range of subject matters."

Bert Johnson

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