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A Cataloger's Perspective: Mapping Africa headline image

A Cataloger's Perspective: Mapping Africa

This August 2019 newsletter features an article about the mapping of Africa. Learn about the cartographic curiosities and myths to be found within maps of Africa.
The Mountains of the Moon & Sanson and Mariette headline image

The Mountains of the Moon & Sanson and Mariette

This newsletter from August 2014 features two articles. The first explains the cartographic myth of the Mountains of the Moon in Africa. The second article outlines the map business of Nicolas Sanson and explains his complicated business partnership with map publisher Pierre Mariette.
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