Marshall Islands “Stick Map” (1920s) |
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| Date: | 1920 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Dwnld: | 01 (11.57mb); 02 (11.1mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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Hard-core map geeks prolly already knew about this. But if you're a casual fan, or just starting out... this is one of the cooler map idioms you're likely to come across.
Behold the Stick Maps of the Marshall Islands [gmap].
Don't know much about the idiom, sadly. Somebody out there must've done a paper on them, or something, yeah?
Come on, academics! Search your fancy online journal databases and email me the PDF (king@bigmapblog.com). I won't tell nobody -- no worries. I'm dying to know more.
More Info: Twitter user @vWMaps pointed me towards a fantastic resource for further research. The University of Chicago Press has graciously provided PDFs of the series The History of Cartography. It's all worth a read, but the relevant chapter is titled "Nautical Cartography and Traditional Navigation in Oceania" and can be found in Volume 2, Book 3. Thanks, vWMaps.
All you’d ever care to know on the subject is in one, free, downloadable article:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B3/Volume2_Book3.html
Nautical Cartography and Traditional Navigation in Oceania by Ben Finney
Thank you, University of Chicago Press!
Thanks, Martin. I’ve added it to the post. -t59K
See Winkler, 1901, Bryan, 1938, and probably best Turbull, 1990
Looking good so far, Kevin. Many thanks for the links; reading them with great interest.