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Subject: UNESCO Memory of the World: Maps
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:39:26 +0100
From: Zsolt Török <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: maps-l
Dear All,
Among the thirty-eight items added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World in 2007
there are three cartographic documents of exceptional value:
the Tabula Peutingeriana (Austria), the Tabula Hungarie (Hungary) and the
Hereford Mappa Mundi (United Kingdom).
They were all described in the latest, special issue (2007/7) of 'A
Földgömb'(The Globe), the popular journal of the Hungarian Geographical
Society. (http://www.afoldgomb.hu/)
The documents are listed on this UNESCO web page:
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=24786&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Regrettably, the short description of the 'Tabula Hungarie' includes many
mistakes: e.g. the map was printed in 1528 and not from 1552...(For a
longer, and more reliable background please, check David Woodward (ed.):
Cartography in the European Renaissance, The History of Cartography, Vol. 3,
Part 2, from p.1823).
Regards,
Zsolt
___________________________________________________________________________
Dr. Zsolt TÖRÖK, Assoc. Prof. / Director, Imago Mundi Ltd.
Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Eötvös Loránd University
H-1117 Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/a, Hungary
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From: Ovidiu Sandor <[log in to unmask]>
To: Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:57:28 +0200
Subject: Peutinger Map on view
> This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying
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> In the middle of the Chicago-centred map exhibitions' carousel, here
> is an interesting news from the old continent:
>
> The Peutinger Map has been included in the Unesco's Memory of the
> World Register and, for this occasion, has been put on display for 1
> (one) day.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7113810.stm
>
> All the best,
> Ovidiu Sandor
>
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