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Nellie Bly, Game Changer

March 8, 2019by themaphouse

This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating a remarkable woman – pioneer of investigative journalism in America, rights activist and intrepid traveller, Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864-1922), better known as Nellie […]

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#WednesdayWisdom - Fascinating and important map of the Pacific Ocean, and perhaps the earliest attempt to #map the ocean's depths 🌊 Buache attempts to trace the routes of sea-floor ridges by connecting known islands, reefs, and banks to mountain ranges on land using the most up-to-date scientific information available. 🗺 The map's colouration is also important as it indicates which body of water the rivers of each landmass flow into: China Sea (green), Pacific Ocean (pink), or Atlantic Ocean (yellow). Buache was the first to cartographically explore the concept of watersheds, a term which would not come into use until decades later. His maps, though often not recognised as such, should be considered some of the first modern attempts at thematic mapping. • Buache was also a leading proponent of French theoretical #cartography, a short-lived movement in the mid-18th century whose adherents used newly-acquired scientific data to propose hypotheses (usually wildly incorrect) about what might exist in the remaining blank spaces on the map. The large "Sea of the West" in the region of Oregon and Washington is a particularly common example from this period, as is Buache's dissected Antarctic continent, featured here in its own polar-projection hemisphere. • As noted on the map, Buache presented his theories to the French Academie des Sciences on September 5th, 1744 to much acclaim. He subsequently published a ground-breaking map of the Antarctic in 1754, a map of the world's watersheds in 1756, and this map of the Pacific Ocean in 1757. A later (c.1780) second state published by Dezauche is also known. See the map in more detail by visiting www.themaphouse.com and search "AUNZ2784" or "Buache". #raremaps #antiquemaps #mapping #thematic #maps #ocean #science #america #asia #australia #Antarctica

Stunningly detailed map of the approach to Mount Everest from southern Nepal. A cornerstone map for any collection of mountaneering material. 🗺 It is based on a pioneering photogrammetric survey by Erwin Scheider, a gifted Austrian surveryor who was part of the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth. The survey was converted into a map by the cartographer Fritz Ebster and to this day is regarded as one of the finest examples of mountain cartography ever published. • It was produced 1957 in Vienna, for the German Alpine Club and the Austrian Alpine Club. It has served as a template for maps of this region ever since its publication. The detail is extraordinary, showing paths and walls with contours and colour being used to portray the extraordinary topography of the Himalayas culminating in the portrayal of the majestic Mount Everest on the upper right corner. [IC2633] • #maps #raremaps #vintagemaps #mountains #TravelTuesday #topography #mapping #gis #geography #cartography #MountEverest #Nepal #map #climbing

Happy St. Patrick's Day ☘🍻 Johann Baptist Homann's stunningly engraved map of Ireland circa 1720 with decorative title cartouche. See our collection of maps of Ireland and Irish counties at www.themaphouse.com and click on "Ireland". #stpatricksday #explore #travel #discover #raremaps #antiquemaps #history #inspiration #ireland #cartography #maps #mapping #heritage #collection

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