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>LC National Digital Library Program announces
>the release of "Mapping the National Parks"
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>
>The Library of Congress National Digital Library Program and the
>Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress are pleased to
>announce a new collection to be added to the American Memory historical
>collections. Mapping the National Parks, which can be found at the
>following URL:
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>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/nphome.html
>
>provides users with information about the history, cultural aspects and
>geological formations of the areas that became Acadia, Great Smokey
>Mountain, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks. The 200 maps
>that comprise this collection date from the 17th Century to the current
>day and provide samples of early mapping practices as well as
>information on the areas that would become the parks themselves. Each
>park has a Special Presentation, which provides additional information
>about each park and provides examples of the kinds of maps available for
>study. Of special interest are the nautical charts that are a part of
>the Acadia National Park Special Presentation. These nautical charts
>not only document the shore and water areas that are a part of Acadia
>National Park; they also document the importance of the water as a
>source of transportation and commerce for the area.=20
>
>Also of interest are the maps of the Grand Canyon that can be accessed
>by clicking the image on the site's home page. These maps not only
>provide detailed information about the Grand Canyon but also glorious
>views of various scenes from the Canyon, many of which can also be
>accessed from the Evolution of the Conservation Movement collection,
>which is also part of American Memory. The Rockefeller Foundation
>provided funding for the Mapping the National Parks collection.
>
>In addition to this new collection, the Geography and Map Division has
>added two new special maps to its current online collections. A special
>presentation about the 1562 Map of America by Diego Guti=E9rrez has been
>added to the Discovery and Exploration Maps collection
>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html
>Guti=E9rrez, a noted cosmographer from the firm Casa de la Contrataci=F3n=
>,
>collaborated with Hieronymous Cock, a noted engraver from Antwerp, to
>create a map of the Americas, what was then considered the fourth part
>of the world. At the time it was the largest engraved map of the
>Americas and presently only two copies of this map survive, one here at
>the Library of Congress; the other at the British Library. This richly
>illustrated map provides a view of an America filled with images and
>names that had been popularized in Europe following Columbus's 1492
>voyage of discovery. Images of parrots, monkeys, mermaids, fearsome sea
>creatures, Patagonian giants, and an erupting volcano in central Mexico
>complement the numerous settlements, rivers, mountains, and capes named.
> This map correctly identifies the location of the Amazon River and many
>other bodies of water in South America. The map also identified various
>land areas in the Southwestern United States and in Central America.
>
>The final addition to the online map collections is the 1570 Theatrum
>Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World) by Abraham Ortelius, (1527-1598),
>a Dutch Scholar and geographer. This atlas has been added to the
>special presentation on atlases in the General Map Collections
>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlhome.html
>Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered the first true atlas in the modern
>sense: a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to
>form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved.
>More than an original concept, the Theatrum was also the most
>authoritative and successful such work during the late sixteenth and
>early seventeenth centuries. Because it was frequently revised to
>reflect new geographical and historical insights, contemporary scholars
>in Western Europe praised the Theatrum highly for its accuracy .The
>Theatrum atlas first appeared in 1570 and continued to be published
>until 1612. During this period, over seventy-three hundred copies were
>printed in thirty-one editions and seven different languages-a
>remarkable figure for the time. Many of his atlas's maps were based upon
>sources that no longer exist or are extremely rare. In addition,
>Ortelius included a listed of contemporary cartographers who served as
>sources in the creation of this atlas. Without this many of these
>cartographers would otherwise have remained unknown.
>
>Patrons who wish to just view the plates from the Ortelius Atlas can
>click on the words "maps only" and view the beautifully colored and
>designed maps that are a part of the atlas. Areas included in this atlas
>include Africa, Germany, Greece, Early India and Spain.
>
>For further information about these collections please contact the
>Geography and Map Division at 202-707-MAPS (6277).
>
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