Posts from — January 2008

C-SPAN’s Book T.V. has video about author Vincent Virga’s book Cartographica: Mapping Civilizations.

The author worked for eight years with the staff of the Library of Congress to create this book on the history of maps and how they reveal civilizations.

The video provides “an exclusive look inside the “treasures vault” of the Library of Congress Geography and Map division to examine and learn more about their holdings and some of the maps included in the book.”

Via: MapHist

There is an interesting article about maps and the Festival of Maps in Chicago in this past Sunday’s online edition of the Washington Post.

No matter the age, maps have always inspired that eternal human penchant for dreaming of far-off places, for locating oneself in the universe. As vessels of wishful thinking, they transform us into explorers lured by the mystery of the unknown, if not a lust to conquer it.

The lengthy and informative article also includes a short slide show of images from the Chicago Festival.

[tags]antique maps, map exhibitions, cartography, chicago festival of maps[/tags]