Maps and Mapmaking

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Map Beginnings
  2. Mappae Mundi
  3. Ptolemy
  4. Portolan Maps
  5. Terra Incognita, Sea Monsters and Mythical Symbolism
  6. Mapping the Course
  7. Rationale
  8. Houston District School Objectives
  9. Preliminary Vocabulary
  10. Lesson 1: Learning the Basics
  11. Lesson 2: History of Maps and Mapping
  12. Lesson 3: Creating a map from a Painting
  13. Appendix I: Worksheets
  14. Appendix II Lesson 1 - Instructions for mapping land: check-off list for each step
  15. Appendix III
  16. Appendix IV
  17. Notes
  18. Cited Reference
  19. Annotated Bibliography
  20. Websites

The Beautiful Art of Map Making

Mayra Muller-Schmidt

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

(1) James Mellaart, "Excavations of Catal Hyük, 1963, Anatolian Studies", Journal of the British Institute at Ankara, vol. XIX, 1964. - "Catal Hyük: A Neolithic Town in Anatolia", pp. 17-177. Sample and information found:

Neolithic Town Map in Anatolia, wall painting found July 26, 2007 http://www.atamanhotel.com/catalhoyuk/oldest-map.html

Slide #100, Catal Hyuk: Neolithic Town http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/carto.html

(2) Mappae Mundi samples found:

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/EML.html

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(3) Ptolemy's works were rediscovered in the middle ages, and the first printed Ptolemaic map was the Ulm map of 1482- no earlier maps are known to survive. A printed Ptolemaic map from the 14th (a) and 16th (b) century samples found:

Ptolemaic map was the Ulm map of 1482 http://eaudrey.com/myth/Places/styles_of_old_maps.htm

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(4) Portolan map samples found: July 26, 2007

http://bell.lib.umn.edu/map/PORTO/CAN/center.html and

http://www.antique-map.net, http://eaudrey.com/myth/serpents+dragons.htm

More samples of portolan style close-ups

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a. "Rosette" compass within a floral type design.

b. Rhumb lines

c. Portolan map

d. The first known portolan map, the Carte Pisano, was made about 1275.

(5) Mare Incognito and Terra - map drawn in 1566 showing the new world and references to unknown land and seas. Sample found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_North_America_1566.jpg and http://eaudrey.com/myth/serpents+dragons.htm

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(6) The Lenox Globe (ca. 1503-07), copper, 13cm in diameter (in the collection of the New York Public Library): "HC SVNT DRACONES" (i.e. "hic sunt dracones", "here are dragons") appears on the eastern coast of Asia http://www.maphist.nl/extra/herebedragons.html

Comments:

Brian Mcginnis

January 31, 2019 at 6:42 pm

Thank you

What a wonderful and concise resource to come across. Thank you so much. I have a love of maps and mapmaking but little background knowledge - this is excellent. Great work!

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