{"id":1820221,"date":"2023-11-15T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1820221"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:04:43","slug":"a-stranger-quest-a-documentary-about-david-rumsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/a-stranger-quest-a-documentary-about-david-rumsey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stranger Quest: A Documentary About David Rumsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Stranger Quest I Trailer ufficiale\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cS_FFUDs7aw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Map collector <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Rumsey\">David Rumsey<\/a>\u2014he of the eponymous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\">website<\/a> and Stanford <a href=\"https:\/\/library.stanford.edu\/libraries\/david-rumsey-map-center\">map center<\/a>\u2014is the subject of a new documentary directed by Italian filmmaker Andrea Gatopolous. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andreagatopoulos.it\/astrangerquest\/\"><strong><em>A Stranger Quest<\/em><\/strong><\/a> premieres at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torinofilmfest.org\/en\/\">Torino Film Festival<\/a> later this month and is scheduled for a 2024 release. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cS_FFUDs7aw\">trailer<\/a>, above, doesn\u2019t reveal much. [<a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/23\/11\/a-stranger-quest-david-rumseys-marvelous-map-collection\">Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Map collector David Rumsey\u2014he of the eponymous website and Stanford map center\u2014is the subject of a new documentary directed by Italian filmmaker Andrea Gatopolous. A Stranger Quest premieres at the Torino Film Festival later this&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/a-stranger-quest-a-documentary-about-david-rumsey\/\">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":[211,619],"tags":[1643,400],"class_list":["post-1820221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-map-collecting","category-movies-and-television","tag-documentary","tag-rumsey","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1835628,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/a-stranger-quest-now-available-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":0},"title":"A Stranger Quest Now Available Online","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 December 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1042119027 A Stranger Quest, the documentary about David Rumsey by Andrea Gatopolous, is now available to the public online, having made its debut last year at the Torino Film Festival (previously) and made the rounds of the film festival circuit. In it, Rumsey, who turned 80 this year, ruminates about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Map Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Map Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/map-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2240,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/kqed-on-the-rumsey-map-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":1},"title":"KQED on the Rumsey Map Center","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"More on\u00a0the David Rumsey Map Center, which opened last April:\u00a0KQED Radio's Michael Krasny interviews\u00a0David Rumsey and the Center's head and curator, G. Salim Mohammed (28 minutes). Previously:\u00a0Stanford\u2019s David Rumsey Map Center Opens Today;\u00a0David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Opens April 19.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785557,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/the-urbano-monte-map-in-20-different-projections\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":2},"title":"The Urbano Monte Map in 20 Different Projections","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 May 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"More on Urbano Monte's 1587 world map, which, you may remember, the Rumsey Collection digitally assembled into a single map from 60 manuscript pages. Now Visionscarto has taken it a step further, with a web tool that reprojects a map into other projections, taking the map's original polar azimuthal equidistant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/urbano-monte-orthographic-150x150.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/david-rumsey-map-center-at-stanford-opens-april-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":3},"title":"David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Opens April 19","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"In 2009 it was announced that map collector David Rumsey, whose eponymous website\u00a0has been a must-visit for any map aficionado, would be donating his collection of 150,000 maps, plus digital copies, to Stanford University. Preparations to receive Rumsey's collection began last summer. Now the David Rumsey Map Center is set\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QLmKt_XEpT4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1785135,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/van-duzer-assesses-urbano-montes-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":4},"title":"Van Duzer Assesses Urbano Monte&#8217;s Work","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"More on Urbano Monte's 1587 world map, a copy of which the Rumsey Collection acquired last year (see previous entry). Chet Van Duzer presented his findings on the map and the mapmaker at Stanford last month,\u00a0LiveScience reports. His conclusion? Monte was \"both a mastermind and a copycat\"\u2014and not a very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/urbano-monte-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/urbano-monte-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/urbano-monte-1024x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/urbano-monte-1024x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1605,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/stanfords-david-rumsey-map-center-opens-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":1820221,"position":5},"title":"Stanford&#8217;s David Rumsey Map Center Opens Today","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"As I mentioned earlier this month, the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University opens today (KQED coverage). To celebrate, there's a grand opening and open house tonight from 6 to 7 PM at the Center, which is located on the fourth floor of Green Library.\u00a0Presentations and workshops take place\u00a0on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"rumseymapsposter","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rumseymapsposter-224x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820226,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820221\/revisions\/1820226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}