{"id":1795726,"date":"2021-11-04T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T22:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1795726"},"modified":"2021-11-05T09:02:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:02:44","slug":"forty-years-of-the-history-of-cartography-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/forty-years-of-the-history-of-cartography-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Forty Years of the History of Cartography Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison<\/a> takes a look back at the 40-year history of the History of Cartography Project<\/a>, which, with the forthcoming publication of its final volume, is actually coming to a close in the near future. Includes quotes from current director Matthew Edney, who first came to the project as a graduate student in 1983.<\/p>\n

Previously: The History of Cartography\u2019s Fourth Volume, Now (Almost) Out<\/a>; History of Cartography Project Updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison takes a look back at the 40-year history of the History of Cartography Project, which, with the forthcoming publication of its final volume, is actually coming to a… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[30,312],"class_list":["post-1795726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-books","tag-history-of-cartography","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788721,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/the-history-of-cartographys-fourth-volume-now-almost-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":1795726,"position":0},"title":"The History of Cartography\u2019s Fourth Volume, Now (Almost) Out","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 April 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"I believe that today is (nominally) the publication date of the fourth volume in the History of Cartography Project: The History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment. 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