ANNOUNCING THE NINTH SERIES OF J B HARLEY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN THE
HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY


The Trustees of the J B Harley Research Fellowships Trust Fund are
pleased to announce the ninth series of awards, offering support at a
rate of £250 [sterling] per week.  The fellowships are designed to
assist research in the London map collections:-

Dr Lisa Davis Allen (University of Texas at Tyler, College of Arts &
Sciences, United States) 'Abraham Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum":
frontispiece and author's portrait, variation of color palettes in
multiple language editions'  (2 weeks).

 Dr Gretchen E Gaynor (Independent scholar, United States) 'John Dee's
scientific contribution as a geographer and cartographer' (3 weeks).

 Dr Giuseppe Ragone (Universitá degli Studi "Roma Tre", Dipartimento di
Studi sul Mondo Antico, Rome, Italy) 'Critical edition of, and
historical commentary on, Cristoforo Buondelmonti's "Liber insularum
Archipelagi": the manuscripts preserved in London collections' (3
weeks).

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17 submissions were received this time.  For details of past awards,
numbers of applicants, and extracts from Fellows' reports, see:-

< http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/harlflws.html >  [part of the 'Map History'
gateway site]

 For information about applying for a Fellowship (closing date 1st
November) please e-mail or write (preferably saying where you saw this
notice) to:-

 Tony Campbell, Hon. Sec., Harley Fellowships, 76 Ockendon Road, London
N1 3NW, UK.          < [log in to unmask] >


January 2002