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| User: | mapamundi (10022836)
The Mapmonger Blogs
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| Name: | mapamundi |
| Location: | New York, New York, United States |
| Birthdate: | 1969-11-22 |
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| mapamundi | @ | livejournal.com (Jabber) |
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| Bio: | I live in New York, and sell antique maps for a Highly Respected Dealer. I also wrangle html on their website.
I think a lot of people that might be interested in maps just don't know they're out there... If you'd asked me, 6 years ago, if there was a trade in antique maps, I would have scratched my head and said "well I suppose there *must* be" but I didn't know it existed until I basically lucked into it. There's a lot of the history of cartography that college history courses never get around to - and just forget about high school. The herky-jerky way that geographical knowledge was disseminated and published resulted in a lot of funkiness, and the often puzzling misunderstandings that early mapmakers labored under are I think a little complicated for the linear model of history that is generally presented at most levels of education. It's a shame, becuase there's a lot of fun to be had there. |
| Interests: | 5: antique maps, antique prints, atlases, globes, history |
| Schools: | None listed |
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| Mutual Friends: | 6: allegedly, freetrav, lee_in_limbo, morganminstrel, substitute, vandringar |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
