-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: 1768 Map depicting the Gulf Stream by Benjamin Franklin Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:07:40 -0400 From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> Adding to what was posted by Ed Redmond, there is a nice article on the Franklin-Folger chart, discussing both the ca. 1768 map and the updated ca. 1783 French variant published by Le Rouge: Benjamin Franklin, Georges-Louis Le Rouge and the Franklin/Folger Chart of the Gulf Stream Author(s): Ellen R. Cohn Source: Imago Mundi, Vol. 52 (2000), pp. 124-142 Published by: Imago Mundi, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1151482 For a more general discussion of the charting of the Gulf Stream, to include the cartographic works of William Gerard de Brahm, see: Pioneer charting of the gulf stream: The contributions of Benjamin Franklin and William Gerard de Brahm Author: Louis De Vorsey DOI: 10.1080/03085697608592433 Published in: journal Imago Mundi, Volume 28, Issue 1 1976 , pages 105 - 120 Joel Kovarsky On 6/9/2010 9:38 AM, Angie Cope wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: 1768 Map depicting the Gulf Stream by Benjamin Franklin > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:31:33 -0400 > From: Redmond, Edward James <[log in to unmask]> > To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship' > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > With all the sad happenings in the Gulf of Mexico, there are a plethora > contempary maps depicting the forecasted extent of the "event". > > An historic map related to the Gulf that some may not be aware of is > Benjamin Franklin's 1768 map of the Gulf Stream which can be found on > the Libray of Congress web site via > http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g9112g.ct000753 > > Franklin's 1768 map can also be seen next to a modern map depicting the > approximate flow of the Gulf current around the Florida peniinsula via > the Library's "Places in The News" website: > > http://www.loc.gov/today/placesinthenews/ > > Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790), one of America's founding fathers, is > credited with the discovery of the Gulf Stream, a strong ocean current > which flows north from the Gulf of Mexico along the Atlantic coast of > the United States, where it joins the Labrador Current and flows > eastward. In 1768 Benjamin Franklin and Timothy Folger produced the > first map depicting the Gulf Stream which was published the English firm > of Mount and Page. The Library of Congress holds one of the three extant > copies of this very rare map. > > Benjamin Franklin. [Franklin-Folger Chart of the Gulf Stream],1768. > Printed map. G9112 .G8 1768 .F7 Vault). Geography and Map Division. > http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g9112g.ct000753 > > Ed > > Ed Redmond > > Geography and Map Reference Specialist > > Library of Congress > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2927 - Release Date: 06/09/10 02:35:00 > > -- Joel Kovarsky The Prime Meridian 1839 Clay Dr., Crozet, VA 22932 USA Phone: 434-823-5696 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.theprimemeridian.com